President Biden traveled to 'America's freedom church' to mark Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday on Sunday, saying democracy was at a perilous moment, and that the civil rights leader's life and legacy 'show us the way, and we should pay attention.'
In introducing Biden, the church's senior pastor, Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock noted that the president was"a devout Catholic" for whom"this Baptist service might be a little bit rambunctious and animated. But I saw him over there clapping his hands."
"That, my friends, is God's work," said Warnock, adding that Biden"had a little something to do with it." The White House has tried to promote Biden's agenda in minority communities. The White House has cited efforts to encourage states to take equity into account for public works projects as they spend money from the administration's $1 trillion infrastructure bill. The administration also has acted to end sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine offenses, scrapping a policy widely seen as racist.
This moment, he said,"is the time of choosing. … Are we a people who will choose democracy over autocracy? Couldn't ask that question 15 years ago because everybody thought democracy was settled. ... But it's not." Americans, he said,"have to choose a community over chaos. ... These are the vital questions of our time and the reason why I'm here as your president. I believe Dr. King's life and legacy show us the way and we should pay attention.
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