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The president visited Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., the site of one of the most horrific hate crimes in recent years, to denounce racism and extremism.
By Peter Baker
Traveling with President Biden to Charleston, South Carolina
On Monday, President Biden attempted to rally his disgruntled Black supporters with a fiery condemnation of former President Donald J. Trump, linking his predecessor’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election to the national history of white supremacy in what he called “the old ghost in new clothes. “»
Speaking from the pulpit of South Africa’s oldest Methodist Episcopal Church, Biden drew a direct link between slavery, the Civil War and Jim Crow and today’s divisions. Just as it is a “self-serving lie” to call the Confederate uprising a “noble cause,” the president called Trump for his election victory an attempt to rewrite history.
“Once back, some in this country are looking to turn a loss into a lie, a lie that, if allowed to live, once back will cause terrible damage to this country,” Biden told 700 parishioners and other visitors to Emanuel African. Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. ” This time, the lie is about the 2020 election. “
The president also attacked Nikki Haley, the former governor of South Carolina and former ambassador to the United Nations, who is seeking to deny Trump the Republican nomination this year. Without naming her, Biden mocked Haley for refusing in a recent campaign to call slavery when asked what the Civil War was.
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