US President Joe Biden sharply attacks his predecessor Donald Trump. He hid in his pantry and did nothing.
Washington DC – US President Joe Biden has sharply criticized the behavior of his predecessor Donald Trump during the Capitol storming. The violence that day was tantamount to a “medieval hell”. “Brave police officers faced medieval hell for three hours, dripping with blood, surrounded by carnage and facing the frenzied mob who believed the lies of the defeated president,” Biden said at a conference of the organization of black police chiefs.
“For three hours, the defeated former President of the United States watched all of this happen while sitting in the comfort of the private dining room adjacent to the Oval Office,” the Democrat said. “The police officers were heroes that day. Donald Trump lacked the courage to act.”
Joe Biden on Trump: ‘You can’t be pro-riot and pro-police’
Biden added: “You can’t be pro-insurgency and pro-police. You can’t be pro-insurgency and pro-democracy. You can’t be pro-insurgency and pro-America.” Last week, the parliamentary inquiry into the Capitol storm accused Trump of not intervening for three hours during the violence.
He did not ask his followers to leave Congress. Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger said Trump made a conscious “choice not to act” because the “mob” implemented his plan.
Radical Trump supporters had stormed the Capitol when Biden’s victory in the November 2020 presidential election was to be officially confirmed.
Donald Trump whipped up his supporters with speeches
The former US President had shortly before called on his supporters in an incendiary speech to march to the Capitol and fight “whatever the hell”. The committee of inquiry found that Donald Trump was “calling for a civil war.” In addition, the former US President called his supporters “to arms”. The storming of the Capitol with five dead and around 140 injured police officers caused horror worldwide and is considered a terrible event in the history of US democracy. (mse/afp)
