Biden says his administration will focus on ‘demented’ and ‘dangerous’ white supremacists

Published February 17, 2021 4:13am ET



President Biden called pro-Trump white supremacists “dangerous people,” hours after former President Donald Trump declared that his conservative movement has just begun.

Asked during a CNN town hall how he planned to “address this complex and wide-ranging problem” of people who engage in and “embrace white supremacy,” Biden called those espousing these ideas “demented” and “dangerous,” saying that dealing with them would be a focus for his administration.

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