Speaking to a group of black law enforcement officials on Monday, President Joe Biden criticized Donald Trump for failing “to act” on January 6. He said, “You can’t be pro-insurrection and pro-cop.”
The president concluded his statement by referencing his predecessor and his actions on the day Congress certified the 2020 election, whereby Biden frequently lauded police personnel.
“We observed what occurred. Regarding the January 6th uprising, Biden said, “The Capitol Police, the DC Metropolitan Police, or other law enforcement agencies were attacked and assaulted before our very eyes – speared sprayed, trampled on, brutalized, and lives were lost.
The former president of the United States, who had been beaten, “saw it all happen while he sat in the comfort of the private dining room next to the Oval Office,” he claimed.
Then he moved in to finish the job.
“That day, the police were heroes.” Donald Trump lacked the guts to take action, according to Biden.
“The brave people that wear blue all around this country shouldn’t ever forget that.”
He said in a virtual address to the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives Conference, “You can’t be pro-insurrection and pro-cop.”
You cannot support democracy while supporting an uprising. You cannot support an uprising while supporting America,’ Biden added.
After testing positive for covid, Biden’s remarks, which were originally supposed to be delivered in person while he was in Florida, were switched to a virtual version.
Trump hasn’t ruled out running again for president in 2024, which brings about his attacks.
According to Biden, he will run for reelection.
He cited Trump’s actions as they had come to light during the dramatic hearings the House committee looking into the uprising was holding on Capitol Hill.
The January 6 committee displayed a picture of former President Trump standing in the Oval Office following his rally outside the White House on the day of the uprising before he proceeded into the dining room to watch the Capitol riot on television for hours during Thursday’s primetime session.
The 187 minutes between the conclusion of Trump’s remarks on the Ellipse, where he encouraged supporters to converge on the Capitol, and his tepid video address requesting that they leave, were the focus of Thursday night’s primetime hearing.
Members of the committee saw that neither a formal call log nor the White House diary contained any entries on Trump during his more than three hours spent in the White House dining room watching Fox News Channel.
What witnesses did reveal to committee members was that Ivanka Trump and Counsel Pat Cipollone, among other White House officials, pushed the president to issue a statement to supporters to stop the attack.
Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a committee member, claimed that President Trump didn’t act because the mob was achieving his goals.
“President Trump did not fail to act during the 187 minutes between leaving the Ellipse and ordering the crowd to go home,” the statement reads. “He decided not to act.”
Elaine Luria, a Democratic representative from Virginia, claimed that President Trump was aware of the Capitol’s siege and attack within 15 minutes of leaving the podium.
But according to committee testimony, Trump never requested a more robust security response.
Instead, Trump asked Kayleigh McEnany, a former White House press secretary, for a list of senators he might call in an effort to get them to challenge the Electoral College results, according to her testimony before the committee.
In the end, Trump did release a video statement; he tweeted it at 4:17 p.m.
Trump’s video production outtakes and pictures of him working with staffers were shown to the committee.
“I understand your suffering. In the video played for the committee, Trump tells his followers, “I feel your hurt.”
Trump goes on to say that the election was “taken from us” and that it was a “landslide.”
At 6:01 p.m., Trump put out another tweet.
“These are the things and occurrences that occur when great patriots who have been mistreated and wrongly treated for so long have a sacred landslide election victory so brutally and unceremoniously taken away from them.”
Go in peace and affection to your house. Never forget this day!
Trump’s address to the nation on January 7 was excerpted and shared with the House Select Committee on January 6 as well.
In one of the clips, Trump is heard saying, “I don’t want to say the election is over.” Without declaring that the election is finished, I only want to say that Congress has certified the results.
The former president is shown having trouble speaking.
At one point, he adds, “Yesterday is a hard word for me,” to which his daughter Ivanka Trump, who can be heard speaking outside the picture, suggests he change.
He has a hard time reading the teleprompter as well.
He laments, “I can’t see it very well.”