Biden levels two-sentence jab at Trump ahead of election certification
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Four years ago, a mob of angry Trump supporters stormed the Capitol while Congress was trying to certify the 2020 election results. President Joe Biden reflected on the anniversary of the January 6 attack on the Capitol and took a jab at President-elect Donald Trump’s role in it, hours before Congress certifies the election results.
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“I think what he did was a genuine threat to democracy,” Biden said. “And I’m hopeful that we’re beyond it.”. The president added that the United States needs to “get back to establishing basic democratic norms.”. His remarks were made just a day before Congress convenes to certify the 2024 presidential election results – exactly four years after Trump supporters attempted to interrupt the certification, believing Trump had unfairly lost.
Throughout his presidency, Biden has reiterated the importance of remembering the attack on the Capitol to ensure it does not happen again. He has held the president-elect partially responsible for the violent day because Trump spread lies about mass voter fraud.
Meanwhile, as Trump has ascended to political victory once again, he has often tried to re-characterize January 6, 2021, as a day of “love” and “peace”. Five people died in connection with January 6 and hundreds of others were injured. At least 1,400 rioters have been charged with federal crimes for their actions that day.
But Trump has excused his supporters’ behavior and promised to pardon those convicted of crimes. “An unrelenting effort has been underway to rewrite — even erase — the history of that day. To tell us we didn’t see what we all saw with our own eyes. To dismiss concerns about it as some kind of partisan obsession. To explain it away as a protest that just got out of hand,” Biden wrote.
