Posted on 08/06/2021 2:57:36 AM PDT by Enlightened1
President Joe Biden suggested the violence of the January 6th riot on Capitol Hill was worse than the Civil War during a speech Thursday at the White House.
“Not even during the Civil War did insurrectionists breach the Capitol of the United States of America, the citadel of our democracy,” Biden began. “Not even then. But on January the 6th, 2021, they did.”
The president hosted a signing ceremony Thursday for a bill awarding Capitol Police officers a Congressional Gold Medal for their response to the January 6th riots, giving Biden an opportunity to excoriate supporters of the former president for the violence.
Biden described the Trump supporters who rioted at the Capitol as “a mob of extremists and terrorists” and disrupted a “sacred ritual” act by Congress to certify his election as president of the United States.
“It wasn’t dissent, it wasn’t debate, it wasn’t democracy,” he said. “It was insurrection. It was riot and mayhem. It was radical and chaotic. It was unconstitutional and maybe most important, it was fundamentally un-American.”
Biden added the riots were an “existential threat” to the United States.
“Our Democracy did survive,” he said. “Truth defeated lies. We did overcome.”
He attributed the eventual successful certification of the election to the law enforcement officers who tried to stop the protesters.
“Thank you, thank you, thank you for protecting our Capitol. Maybe even more importantly, for protecting our Constitution,” Biden said.
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Jan 6 was worse than the Jewish Holocaust, man. Bodies everywhere.
More audits are needed.
Demoncraps couldn’t make it, but the Repubs (conservatives) did... Is that what he is saying?
What year was it that a bunch of Puerto Ricans SHOT UP the House?
Asking for a friend.
The man is totally nuts.
The lack of sufficient LE on Jan 6th made the Capitol a target. Remember...no one was armed except LE and the only death was Babbit, who was assassinated by LE.
Did some do wrong?? Absolutely...but the majority got the hell out of there.
Here is a good recap of what has happened including the Puerto Ricans.
https://banned.video/watch?id=61073371adb16922356be176
Worse than the riots surrounding the ‘Bonus Army’ of 1932 that had to be suppressed by the US Army? Nancy Pelosi should remember that... she was a freshman congressman then. /sarc
The democrat party is the greatest threat this country has ever faced.
Wait for the second coming of the South. It may be different you pos
Look below your post.
/gmta
;D
Apparently we are no longer Nazis, at least.
;)
Yes he is, but he’s also an evil POS.
I thought the Confederates were Democrats?
During the Civil War, the Confederate’s objective was never to capture Washington D.C. They never marched to take it.
Cry havoc and let slip the possums of war!
Who killed Ashli Babbit, Joe?
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