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| Biden officially slams the former president and Republicans for the insurrection. |
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have officially slammed Washed Up 45 and the Republican Party for their role in almost destroying democracy.
This is the first anniversary of the U.S. Capitol Attack.
This event happened on the afternoon of a Joint Session of Congress to certify the results of the 2020 election. A mob of the former president's supporters stormed the Capitol to stop the certification and harm House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California and the vice president at the time, Karen R. Pence.
Washed Up 45 still refuses to acknowledge his role in the mob violence and his loss to Biden. He was quickly impeached for trying to cause an insurrection. The Senate didn't convict him.
Had they convicted him, he would have been barred from running for federal office.
The former president reacted to the speeches from Biden and Harris in his distasteful fashion.
Biden vowed to defend the nation's founding ideals from the threats posed by the violent mob that stormed the Capitol one year ago and the prevailing lies that Trump and his allies continue to repeat about the 2020 election. An animated Biden made one of the most passionate addresses of his still-young presidency as he harkened back to critical moments from the nation's past, casting the assault as a living symbol of the inflection point in American history he so often speaks about.
"For the first time in our history, a President had not just lost an election. He tried to prevent the peaceful transfer of power as a violent mob reached the Capitol," Biden said in a speech from the US Capitol that lasted just under 30 minutes. "But they failed. They failed. And on this day of remembrance, we must make sure that such an attack never, never happens again."
In a direct shot at Washed Up 45, Biden added, "His bruised ego matters more to him than our democracy or our Constitution, he can't accept he lost."
Biden has typically avoided speaking directly about his predecessor since taking office, and pointedly did not say his name on Thursday -- instead making more than a dozen references to "the former President."
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| Harris says the insurrection was a day of infamy. |
But the president's blistering speech nonetheless confronted Washed Up 45's election lies and post-presidency behavior, accusing him of spreading falsehoods about the 2020 election, refusing to accept defeat and holding him accountable for inciting a violent mob of his supporters to storm the US Capitol.
"A former President of the United States of America has created and spread a web of lies about the 2020 election. He's done so because he values power over principle, because he sees his own interest as more important than his country's interest and America's interest," Biden said.
Biden again emphasized the core message of his 2020 presidential campaign and the reason why he ran against Washed Up 45: "We are in a battle for the soul of America."
The President warned democracy and the "promise of America" is at risk and called on the American public to "stand for the rule of law, to preserve the flame of democracy."
He called for protecting voting rights across the nation and blasted Trump and his supporters for attempting to "suppress your vote and subvert our elections."
"It's wrong. It's undemocratic. And frankly it's un-American," Biden said.
Republicans know that their role in this moment in history will never be erased. They will continue to distract us from this day of infamy. The Republicans continue to play upon culture wars and deliberate attempts to undermine democracy. They will continue this charade of misinformation and deflection from the truth.
They continue this deadly reign of hate, distortion and division.
We must be absolutely clear: The time is now to stop the smears. Stop the lies. Stop the hate. Time to restore democracy from the disease of white supremacy.
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