After Biden won the 2020 election, then-President Trump asked Congress and his vice president to block the certification of the election results, alleging widespread fraud led to his loss.
Outgoing US President Joe Biden said on Sunday that the events of January 6, 2021, when supporters of the then and future head of the White House Donald Trump stormed the US Congress, must not be forgotten and must not be “rewritten”. According to him, it was one of the most difficult days in the history of the United States, reports TASR based on reports from the DPA and AFP agencies.
“Our democracy was literally put to the test. And, fortunately, our democracy has endured,” Biden said in the White House in front of newly elected congressmen from his Democratic Party. “Now it is your responsibility to tell the truth and remember what happened. Do not allow January 6 to be rewritten or even erased, ” he challenged them.
After Biden won the 2020 election, then-President Trump asked Congress and his vice president to block the certification of the election results, alleging widespread fraud led to his loss. After rallying outside the White House, Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building to prevent congressmen from voting.
“I think what he did was a real threat to democracy,” Biden said Sunday. in which Trump won over Democratic candidate Kamala Harris.
