The “battle for the soul of America” is far from being won, the US president said. “It’s important that the American people understand what really happened.” The first public hearing of the Commission of Inquiry into the storming of the Capitol took place Thursday evening (local time). More will follow in the coming weeks.
Supporters of then-Republican President Donald Trump stormed the US Congress seat in Washington DC on January 6, 2021. They wanted to prevent Biden’s November 2020 election victory from being ratified. Several people died. Trump had previously incited his supporters at a demonstration that the election victory had been stolen. He later had to answer to impeachment proceedings, but was acquitted. The Commission of Inquiry has been set up to shed light on the background of the storming.
Biden labeled the attack “one of the darkest chapters in our country’s history” and a “brutal attack on our democracy.” However, together, across party lines, it is possible to defend the nation and ensure that no one can “put a dagger to the throat of our democracy,” the president said. The Democrat began his term as president just days after the storming of the Capitol. Biden, however, is far from reaching the goal of reuniting the deeply divided country.
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