Biden refuses to mention Tucker Carlson by name when asked on replacement theory
Daily MailPresident Joe Biden on Tuesday refused to call out Tucker Carlson by name when asked by a reporter if he thought the Fox News host was 'partially to blame' for the Buffalo mass shooting that left 10 dead. Biden issued his call in an emotional speech in Buffalo after a suspect killed 10 people during a grocery store shooting in what's being called a racially motivated attack. President Joe Biden doesn't call out Tucker Carlson by name as he slams those who push 'replacement theory' Tucker Carlson said the document written by Buffalo grocery store shooting suspect Payton Gendron was 'crazy' and the product of a 'diseased mind 'I call on all Americans to reject the lie, and I condemn those who spread the lie for power, political gain, and for profit,' Biden said. Payton Gendron, 18, the suspect in the Buffalo grocery store shooting, touted what's being called the 'great replacement theory,' a once-fringe racist idea that became a popular refrain among media figures like Carlson and Laura Ingraham of Fox News. During their stop in Buffalo, Joe and Jill Biden laid flowers at the Tops Market Memorial, the place of Saturday's mass shooting, before they went to a private, closed-door meeting with family members of the 10 victims; Jill Biden carries a large bouquet of white flowers as she walks hand-in-hand with President Joe Biden to the memorial site President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visit the scene of the shooting at a Buffalo grocery store; the first couple left flowers at the memorial site Payton Gendron talks with his attorney during his arraignment in Buffalo City Court The first couple were silent and the mood was somber as they paid their respects.