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 as if nothing had happened,” he told reporters at the White House, on the eve of the certification of Donald Trump’s victory by Congress.
After Joe 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.
Following a rally outside the White House, Donald Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building, forcing certification to be postponed until the next morning.
Image Police detain supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump as they gather in front of the Capitol Rotunda, January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. AFP
“I think what he did was a real threat to democracy, and I hope we have overcome it,” said Joe Biden, on the eve of the certification of Donald Trump’s victory in November . “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.
Joe Biden often called Donald 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 Donald Trump’s election victory and promised that the transfer of power would be done peacefully.
Joe 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.
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