On January 6, 2021, thousands of supporters of Donald Trump stormed the Capitol, where the victory of Joe Biden in the presidential elections in the United States was certified. Democrats denounced an “insurrection” and “attempted coup” but for the Republican magnate it was an “unarmed demonstration” of “patriots” against a “stolen” election.
The president of the USA, Joe Biden, He will give a speech this Thursday on the assault on the Capitol last year in which he will blame his predecessor, Donald Trump, the “Sole responsibility for chaos and carnage” that occurred that day.
This was indicated this Wednesday by the White House spokeswoman, Jen Psaki, who took advantage of his daily press conference to make it clear that Biden will not bite the tongue at the time of condemning Trump during the speech that will give this Thursday from the Capitol.
“The president will explain the significance of what happened on Capitol Hill and Trump’s sole responsibility for chaos and carnage that we saw that day, “said Psaki about the speech.
The instance will take place one year after that assault in which 5 people died and 140 officers were injured.
“(Biden) will roundly reject lies that the former president released in an attempt to deceive the American people and his own followers, as well as distract from their own role in what happened ”, added.
The president considers January 6, 2021 as a “Tragic culmination of what the four years did to the country” de mandato de Trump.
It “undermined the Constitution and ignored its oath to the American people in an attempt to amass more power. for himself and his allies ”, the spokeswoman continued.
Biden blames Trump for assault on Capitol
Biden considers Trump, who continues to hold the reins of the Republican Party, “A threat to democracy” American.
Furthermore, he regrets that the former president “Work constantly to undermine America’s core values and legality” in the country, he added.
Psaki had already provided details about Biden’s speech earlier this week, but had avoided making it clear whether the president he would attack Trump directly.
The ex-president, who refused to accept his defeat against Biden in the 2020 election, gave a rally before his supporters just before the assault, in which he encouraged the crowd to march to the capitol and “fight” to prevent the electoral result from being certified.
Trump was impeached in the Senate for his responsibility in the assault, but he was acquitted thanks to the votes of the Republicans.
The few legislators of that party who voted in favor of condemning him they have practically become pariahs within the formation.
Most Republican Voters Still Believe the Allegations no evidence of Trump electoral fraud, according the surveys.
The former president spread conspiracy theories in the last year according to which the robbers on the Capitol were not his followers, despite the fact that various investigations have shown that they were.
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