Biden pushes for racial justice at MLK Memorial

U.S. President Joe Biden, standing beneath the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, called

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U.S. President Joe Biden, standing beneath the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, called for patience on Thursday amid a political stalemate on getting Democratic proposals on voting rights and police reform through a divided Congress. See Also: Dr. Anthony Fauci tells Dana Bash that US Covid-19 cases are headed in the "right direction," but the US should be careful not to prematurely declare victory. "I know the progress hasn't been fast enough," Biden told hundreds of people gathered to mark the 10th anniversary of the opening of the massive granite monument to the civil rights leader assassinated in 1968. See Also: Press Secretary Psaki tells Mary Alice Parks about Pres. Biden's trip to Capitol Hill today But Biden said he would keep the focus on "discrimination, racial discrimination and discriminatory laws." See Also: Peter Doocy is speechless when Jen Psaki asks him what the number one cause of death for police officers was last year (it was Covid!) Biden spoke a day after U.S. Senate Republicans blocked here a voting rights bill. It was the third time this year that Senate Democrats had tried to advance such a bill in response new state balloting restrictions fueled by Republican former President Donald Trump's false claims of a stolen 2020 presidential election. See Also: Jen Psaki responds to trump suing over Jan 6 docs, says trump "abused the office" and "attempted to subvert a peaceful transfer of power." Biden on Thursday made a rare allusion to those claims, saying legislators in Republican-led states that have passed restrictive voting laws were "following my predecessor, the last president, into a deep, deep black hole and abyss." See Also: Bari Weiss teaches CNN's Brian Stelter a lesson to remember: The world has gone mad, and it's largely the fault of outlets like CNN. He singled out Martin Luther King Jr.'s native Georgia, a state that Trump falsely said he lost due to voter fraud. See Also: Press Secretary Psaki tells Mary Alice Parks about Pres. Biden's trip to Capitol Hill today "This struggle is no longer just over who gets to vote, and making it easier for eligible people to vote. It's about who gets to count the votes, or whether they should count at all," Biden said. See Also: Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas responds to criticism of how the Biden administration handled the surge in Haitian migrants at the border. "Jim Crow in the 21st century is now a sinister combination of voter suppression and election subversion," Biden said, referring to 19th- and 20th-century laws that violated Black Americans' civil rights. See Also: Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas: "Our borders are not open." Biden appeared at the memorial tribute with Vice President Kamala Harris - the first woman, Black and Asian American to win the United States' second highest office. See Also: MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle claims unvaccinated people can just work from home, homeschool children The memorial stands near where King gave his famed "I have a dream" speech in 1963 during the modern-day struggle for civil rights.

Biden delivers remarks on voting rights at MLK memorial

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