(Washington) President Joe Biden said Sunday that the events of January 6, 2021, when Donald Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, should not be forgotten or “rewritten” four years later.
“I don’t think we should act like nothing happened,” he told reporters at the White House, on the eve of Congress certifying Mr. Trump’s victory. .
After Mr. Biden’s 2020 presidential victory, Donald Trump called on Congress and his vice president to block the certification, falsely claiming that widespread fraud led to his defeat.
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Donald Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building on January 6, 2021
Following a rally outside the White House, Donald Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building, forcing certification to be postponed until the next morning.
“I think what he did was a real threat to democracy, and I hope we’ve moved past it,” Mr. Biden said on the eve of Mr. Trump’s victory being certified in November .
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Outgoing US President Joe Biden
“I think we should not rewrite it, nor forget it,” he stressed.
He also highlighted his efforts to ensure a “smooth transition”.
“We must return to a basic and normal transfer of power,” he said.
Mr. Biden often called Mr. Trump a threat to democracy when he was the Democratic presidential nominee and ran against the Republican, before being replaced by Vice President Kamala Harris.
However, he quickly accepted Trump’s election victory and promised that the transfer of power would be done peacefully.
Mr. Biden’s position stands in stark contrast to that of billionaire Trump, whose contestation of election defeat four years ago culminated in the violent assault on the Capitol by his supporters.
