speech of the year today at the Mother# Emanuel AME Chur As Laura Barron-Lopez explains,# the president continues to warn## about extremist threats to the nation's democracy.

LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: Speaking at the# site where nine Black churchgoers## were murdered in Charleston in# 2015, President Biden warn the same hate that motivated their# killer still threatens the country.

JOE BIDEN, President of the United# States: The word of God was pierced## by bullets in hate and rage, ju st gunpowder but by a poison, a poison# that's for too long haunted this nation.

What is that poison?

White# supremacy.

Oh, it is.

It's a poison.

LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: J.A.

Moore's sister, Myra# Thompson, was one of the nine killed at the Mother## Emanuel shooting.

Moore is a Democratic state# representative in South Carolina and joins me Representative Moore, thank you for being here.

You were at the president's speech today# su premacist nearly nine years ago, including# your sister.

What did you think of his remarks?

STATE REP. J.A.

MOORE (D-SC): I first was deeply## moved by the fact that the president# thought it was so important, as kick off President Biden and Vice President# Harris kicks off the election, to come here.

I mean, I thought the overall# message was resolute.

It was## sobering.

And I was appreciative that he came.

LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: What has your# experience been like when you go## to church now all these years# since your sister was STATE REP. J.A.

MOORE: It's difficult, to be# honest with you.

I still pray, but my eyes open It's a place where so many of# us find as a sanctuary, for me,## it's a constant reminder of what# evil looks like, what it feels like,## and the residual effects of white# supremacy and domestic terrorism.

LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: And you don't go to AME often,## correct?

You worship at a different church.# But what is it like when you vi STATE REP. J.A.

MOORE: Yes, it's --# the unfortunate reality is, is that## I oftentimes end up at Mother Emanuel in direct# concert with talking about or commemorating that## devastating and fateful night.

It's difficult# for me every time I step into that church.

And it's something that over the past almost nine# years I have struggled with.

I mean, I would love## to turn back the hands of time to before that# terrible night and be able to find sanctuary in## such a historic place that's meant so much and# so many people, but it's very difficult for me.

Today was a very, very challenging,# difficult day for me to sit in that## pew thinking about my sister and# the eight other parishioners.

LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: Since the Charleston# shooting, mass shooters who have killed## people in Pittsburgh, El Paso and Buffalo# were all motivated by Do you think that white supremacist violence## has gotten worse in the years# since the Charlest STATE REP. J.A.

MOORE: What's gotten# worse is, Donald Trump was president.

Donald Trump has given a hall pass for# white supremacy, not that that the former president himself is a white# supremacist, but what he has done is stoked## that suppressed feelings and emotions out of so# many Americans that are these MAGA Republicans.

So, not in just the aftermath of the shooting, but# the maturation of Donald Trump going down those## escalators, we have just seen increase in white# supremacy in the forefront more so than before.

LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: And do you think that enough## has been done STATE REP. J.A.

MOORE: South Carolina is one of## two states that still do Even after something so tragic happened to my# sister and to those eight other parishioners,## one of whom, Senator Clementa Pinckney, was the# pastor of the church and a senator at the time,## and still we haven't been able to do that.

No, I mean, I think there's a lot more tha so on and so forth.

And we need to do a lot more.# So, no, I think there's a lot more to be done.

But I'm going to say this to make sure# I'm clear.

That's not because the Biden## administration has not tried.

They have done a# wonderful job of pushing forward individuals and## policies to change that.

But you're talking# about almost 400 years of discrimination,## a country that was the bedrock of the country# was designed and -- with a racist background.

So, no, three years or four years isn't going to## change it all.

It's a lot more# work that needs to be done.

LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: President Biden warned# today of the i and an attempt to erase history, be it# the history of January 6 or of slavery.

How much faith do you have that America# can have an honest conversation about the## same white supremacist violence that took your# sister and that has killed other people since?

STATE REP. J.A.

MOORE: One of the things# that has inspired me over the past almost## nine years is people's willingness to# have these conversations about race,## whereas, before, people didn't# feel like they had permission.

But, as you can imagine, I have conversations with# strangers, with family members, with c with so many people now about people that# may have that predetermined feelings about## people because of their race that they didn't even# know before, but they're willing to explore now,## in the aftermath of this tragedy# and that is in the forefront.

So, yes, I mean, I think that, for sure, that# is happening.

But what I'm most worried about## is that what we haven't seen is an end of white# supremacy in itself.

One thing to talk about it.## It's another thing to change it.

And I think# we have a long, long way to go to do that.

LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: Representative J.A.

Moore# of South Carolina, thank you for your time.

STATE REP. J.A.

MOORE: Thank you for# covering the story.

Thank you all.