{"id":131910,"date":"2023-03-23T10:57:02","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T10:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=131910"},"modified":"2023-03-23T10:57:02","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T10:57:02","slug":"biden-marks-4-year-anniversary-of-tree-of-life-synagogue-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/biden-marks-4-year-anniversary-of-tree-of-life-synagogue-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden marks 4-year anniversary of Tree of Life synagogue shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Flowers seen at the memorial on Oct. 27, 2019, one year after the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. Photo: Aaron Jackendoff\/SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty Images<\/p>\n
President Biden on Thursday marked the four-year anniversary of the attack at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue, the deadliest assault on Jewish people in U.S. history.<\/p>\n
Driving the news:<\/strong> "As we grieve this deadliest act of antisemitism in American history, we stand with the community of Squirrel Hill\u2014and Jewish communities across America and around the world\u2014in resolving to combat antisemitism and hate in all of its forms," Biden said in a statement on Thursday.<\/p>\n The big picture: <\/strong>Eleven people were killed and six were injured at the Pittsburgh synagogue on the morning of Oct. 27, 2018, when a gunman stormed the building.<\/p>\n What he's saying:<\/strong> "In the four years since that terrible day, the people of Pittsburgh have shown us what it means to be stronger than hate," Biden said.<\/p>\n Go deeper…<\/strong> White House sets second meeting with Jewish groups<\/p>\n\n
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