Biden says Capitol Hill invasion was the biggest threat to the U.S. Constitution.
One year after the Capitol invasion, President Joe Biden and his vice president, Kamala Harris, deliver a national address about the event.
Sputnik - This Thursday (6), Biden recalls the controversial day of January 6th of last year, when his victory in the presidential race with then-President Donald Trump was declared, and because of the result, supporters of the Republican stormed the Capitol.
"A year ago, in this hallowed place, democracy was simply under attack [...] our Constitution faced its greatest threats," Biden said as he began his speech.
The US president accused Trump of trying to block the democratic transfer of power on January 6, 2021, after losing the presidential election.
"For the first time in our history, a president not only lost an election; he attempted to prevent the peaceful transfer of power when a violent mob stormed the Capitol," the president said, adding that "this was not a group of tourists. It was an armed insurrection."
At the same time, the Democrat said that Trump created a "web of lies" to pursue the "principle of power," and that love for the country cannot exist solely if one emerges victorious.
"The former president of the United States of America created and spread a web of lies about the 2020 elections. He did this because he values power above principles, because he sees his own interest as more important than the interest of his country. You can't love your country only when you win," he declared.
Continuing his speech, Biden stated that Trump is not just a former president, "he is a defeated former president," and that there is no evidence that the election result "was inaccurate."
"Even before the first vote was cast, the former president was already preemptively sowing doubt about the election results. He was simply looking for an excuse, a pretext to cover up the truth. He is not just a former president, he is a defeated former president [...]. There is no evidence that the election results are inaccurate," he declared.
The president ended his speech by vowing to the American people that he would not "allow anyone to put a dagger to the throat of democracy."
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