Biden condemns 'insurrection' at Capitol, demands response from Trump

Source: The Hill | January 6, 2021 | Morgan Chalfant

President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday forcefully condemned the violence in the nation’s capital as “insurrection” and called on President Trump to demand an end to the “siege.”

In remarks after a mob of pro-Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol building, Biden decried the events as an assault on the rule of law and demanded an end to the “chaos.”

“Let me be very clear — the scenes of chaos at the Capitol do not reflect a true America, do not represent who we are. What we are seeing is a small number of extremists dedicated to lawlessness.

This is not dissent. It’s disorder. It’s chaos. It borders on sedition and it must end now,” Biden said. “It’s not protest. It’s insurrection,” Biden said.

Biden called on Trump to “step up” and condemn the violence. Trump earlier had issued two tweets calling on protesters to be “peaceful” but has faced pressure from Republican allies and former aides to speak out more forcefully against the violence.

Minutes after Biden’s comments, Trump posted a video to his Twitter account urging supporters to “go home in peace” while reiterating a false claim that he won the presidential election.

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