Biden delivers remarks on 10th anniversary of MLK memorial dedication

U.S. President Biden, Vice President Harris and House Speaker Pelosi delivered remarks at the the 10th anniversary of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial dedication in Washington, D.C. on Thursday.

Biden said the U.S. is still struggling with racism and hatred more than 50 years after the assassination of Black civil rights leader Martin Luther King. Biden referenced a sermon of King that called on all Americans to live up to the full meaning and promise of the Declaration of Independence.

He referred to recent political efforts to restrict voting access to some Americans a “sinister combination of voter suppression and election subversion.”

He also took the occasion to lament the “push and pull” of progress and struggle, and the breakdown in bipartisan negotiations regarding police reform legislation.

U.S. Vice President Harris also spoke on the importance of racial and economic equality.

（CGTN）