(AP) – President Joe Biden flew Tuesday to mourn at the site of America s latest deadly mass shooting, warning that the white supremacist ideology motivating the alleged gunman is tearing the country s “soul” apart.
In the hastily organized trip to Buffalo, New York, Biden, accompanied by his wife Jill Biden, reprised the wearily familiar role for presidents of consoler-in-chief.
He was to begin by meeting families of the 10 African Americans murdered allegedly by a white gunman in a neighborhood supermarket Saturday.
Also scheduled were meetings with community leaders and first responders, as well as a visit to a makeshift memorial at the supermarket to offer “condolences and comfort to those affected by this tragedy,” a White House official said.
Biden will then deliver a speech that, like so many he s given, will urge Congress to overcome division on restricting firearms ownership, a constitutionally protected right that has led to there being more guns than people in the world s richest nation.
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