“We are a nation of laws; of the Order, not chaos; peace, no violence,” said the US President at a ceremony devoted to the events of January 6, 2021 shunned by the Republicans.
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The atmosphere was gloomy, without any public. In the heart of the Capitol, in the Statues Hall, President Joe Biden and his Vice President Kamala Harris commemorated, Thursday, January 6, the assault of the Capitol, in this place where a year earlier, the crowd of the supporters of Donald Trump paradait violently. Never has its name been pronounced, but the former US president was mentioned more than fifteen times. After doing mine to ignore Donald Trump months, Joe Biden put it at the heart of his speech, so much he remains an obstacle to national reconciliation and weighs on his mandate.
“The former President of the United States has created and spread a tissue of lies on the 2020 elections, accused Mr. Biden, alone in his desk in the room. He did it because it values it values. The power more than the principles, because it considers its own interest as more important than the interest of his country and America, and because his ego bruise has more for him than our democracy or our constitution. can not agree to have lost. “
Joe Biden also took partists from Donald Trump that invaded the premises on January 6, 2020. “It was not a group of tourists. It was an armed insurrection. They did not try to defend The will of the people, they sought to deny the will of the people “. “You can not love your country only when you win,” he added. You can not obey the law only when it suits you. You can not be patriotic when you support and authorize the lies “.
shortly before, Vice President Kamala Harris compared the Capitol’s assault to the darkest events of the nation, which would occupy “our common memory” in line with the Japanese attack on the basis of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 and terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
“We live on a turning point”
In his solemn speech, Joe Biden also insisted on the historical issue. “Do not deceive yourself: we live on a turning point in history. In the United States and abroad, we are committed again in a struggle between democracy and autocracy … from China to the Russia and beyond, they bet that the days of democracy are counted. They bet that America will become more like them. I do not believe it. We are not a land of kings, dictators or autocrats . We are a nation of laws; of the order, not chaos; peace, no violence, “warned the president. “Our democracy held. We, the people, have endured. And we, the people, prevailed, rejoiced Mr. Biden. I will defend this nation and I will not allow anyone to put a gagger. democracy. “
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