Biden, in his own telling, decided to launch his presidential campaign after seeing the hate and bile surrounding the Unite the Right rally of white supremacists in Charlottesville in 2017. Ahead of President Biden’s visit, local activists share their hopes for how they’d like to see the administration help the community. “The American experiment in democracy is in danger like it hasn’t been in my lifetime,” Biden said. They were joined by New York state leaders — including Gov. In Buffalo, community leaders are still trying to understand how such an act of terror occurred at their familiar local grocery store.

Source: Washington Post May 18, 2022 03:46 UTC