US is land of legal guidelines, not chaos: Joe Biden on anniversary of Capital riots

United States President Joe Biden on Friday stated that America has “no place” for political violence as he honoured police who fought off the mob throughout a violent assault on the US Capitol in 2021.

Washington,UPDATED: Jan 7, 2023 07:06 IST

“Despite our differences in opinion, we must say clearly with a united voice,” stated US President Joe Biden.

By Agence France-Presse: Two years after the violent assault on the US Capitol, President Joe Biden stated Friday that America has “no place” for political violence as he honoured police who fought off the mob of Donald Trump supporters.

The somber White House ceremony came about as a gaggle of congressional Republicans — together with some who nonetheless again Trump’s false declare that the 2020 election was fraudulent — held the US House of Representatives in a state of limbo, repeatedly blocking the election of a speaker.

“Despite our differences in opinion, we must say clearly with a united voice… there’s no place, zero, zero place in America for voter intimidation… for political violence,” Biden stated in a speech.

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He awarded 14 Presidential Citizens Medals, the nation’s second-highest civilian honour, to law enforcement officials current on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, in addition to others who publicly pushed again towards Trump’s makes an attempt to overturn his 2020 election loss.

“History will remember your names,” Biden informed the honorees, together with some now recognized nationwide for his or her activism for the reason that lethal assault and from their appearances through the televised congressional probe into the assault.

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Some of these awarded medals had been elected officers and ballot employees in states the place Trump and his allies tried to dam Biden’s win from being licensed.

“America is a land of laws and not chaos,” Biden stated.

Three of the awards got posthumously to law enforcement officials who responded to the assault — two of whom dedicated suicide after the riots, and one to Brian Sicknick, who had a stroke the day after.

Sicknick’s girlfriend on Thursday filed go well with towards two males who’ve already pleaded responsible to Capitol assault-related prices, in addition to Trump, whom she accuses of deliberately riling up his supporters and inspiring them to assault.

She is in search of $10 million from every defendant.

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Jan 7, 2023