Joe Biden urges Americans not to forget January 6 on anniversary of Capitol riot
by Robert Tait in Washington from World news | The Guardian on (#6TC15)
President reiterates that Donald Trump threatened democracy by inciting supporters into attack in 2021
Joe Biden has urged American citizens not to forget the 6 January 2021 attack on the US Capitol - and has repeated his declaration that his presidential predecessor and successor Donald Trump threatened democracy by inciting his supporters to carry out the assault.
Speaking on the eve of the fourth anniversary of what was widely viewed as a violent insurrection, the outgoing president warned reporters of the dangers of forgetting the attempt by Trump's supporters to overturn his defeat to Biden in the 2020 election or downplaying it as trivial now that Trump was about to return to the White House.
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