Biden Mourns Shooting Victims, Condemns Racism in Buffalo.

President Joe Biden condemned the poison of white supremacy Tuesday, saying the nation must "reject the lie" of the racist "replacement theory" espoused by the suspect in the deaths 10 Black Americans in Buffalo.

MORE: U.S. President Joe Biden declared Tuesday that last weekend's mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, in which a white teenage gunman is charged with killing 10 Black people at a grocery store was "domestic terrorism" fueled by "white supremacy … running through our body politic."

Biden and first lady Jill Biden met privately with relatives of those killed and three others who were injured in the mayhem at the Tops Friendly Market before he briefly told Americans about each of them by name in a televised address from the northeastern U.S. city.

Biden condemned the attack, saying, "White supremacy is a poison" that has "no place in America. None."

He said that "hate and fear are being given too much oxygen" in the U.S. and vowed that "evil will not win. Hate will not prevail."

As he has in the past, Biden called for Congress to pass legislation that has been rejected for years, "to keep assault weapons off our streets." The U.S. Constitution enshrines gun ownership by individuals, and gun control advocates have been unable to overcome opposition to tighter rules on the sale and possession of firearms.

Nonetheless, Biden said that "from this tragedy" will come "hope, light and life. Stick together, we'll get through this."

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