Deplorables who choose to fight against their own country should never be allowed to call themselves patriots or national heroes.
The anniversary of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol brought no sense of healing to a country that remains deeply divided over the deadly riot, with the nation’s leaders failing to demonstrate a shared commitment to American democracy.
Although Democrats marked the day with commemorations, a moment of silence, and a prayer vigil, almost no Republicans participated, a reminder of how few are willing to confront a defeated Trump’s lies about the last election. Trump himself issued a series of reality-defying statements, even urging supporters to “never give up” in their fight to return him to power.
POTUS sought to ignore his predecessor but in a passionate speech at the Capitol methodically detailed Trump’s conduct as the slow-motion riot accelerated. He also spent much of his address debunking Trump’s claims of a rigged election, point by point, asking why many of the Republicans who have supported the former president’s fraud claims have not disputed their own victories, on the same ballots.
Americans do not remember Jan. 6 Capitol riot as one people Side by side at ground zero on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, a Republican governor read from the Gettysburg Address and a Democratic governor read from the Declaration of Independence as Americans everywhere.
President Biden wrote his own lines and directed the tone of his fiery January 6 speech tearing into Trump's 'bruised ego' and holding a 'dagger to the throat of democracy'
President Joe Biden took a direct interest in his Jan. 6th speech at the Capitol, which was his most sustained attack on Donald Trump's claims of election fraud.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10379885/Biden-wrote-lines-sig…
Speaking at the white-domed building where rioters smashed windows, assaulted police, and sent lawmakers fleeing for their lives on Jan. 6, 2021, President Joe Biden said Donald Trump's false claims that the election was stolen from him through widespread voting fraud could unravel the rule of law and subvert future elections. Biden accused his predecessor of spreading a "web of lies" to undermine U.S. democracy.
Please watch the video of 'then vs now,' featuring Pence, McConnell, McCarthy, Graham, and Cruz https://twitter.com/mehdirhasan/status/1479192167214166019?s=20
The word “insurrection” has not been uttered much during the coverage, other than POTUS using it during his speech. https://twitter.com/james1701a/status/1479494368432168961?s=20
Colbert tears into GOP on Jan. 6 anniversary: “During a moving moment of silence for officers who lost their lives, there were only two Republicans on the House floor. The other Republican legislators chose to re-enact January 6th by hiding in fear.” https://twitter.com/colbertlateshow/status/1479236427674234881?s=20