Inside Biden-Harris White House and Africa: The Deadly January 6 Assault on U.S. Capitol and Threat To Democracy Worldwide
President?Joseph R. Biden Jr.?will urge Americans in a speech on Thursday to embrace the truth, not lies, peace, not violence, and democracy, not insurrection, as the nation marks one year since the deadly January 6th assault on the United States Capitol by pro-Trump supporters.
On January 6, 2021, thousands of supporters of former President?Donald J. Trump?stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election won by Biden, a Democrat.
They broke doors and windows and threatened to hang then Vice President?Mike Pence?who was presiding over the certification of election results at the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C.
The violent armed insurrectionists also threatened to assassinate House of Representatives Speaker?Nancy Pelosi.
The display of violence at the U.S. Capitol shocked the international community, including in Africa, and left many wondering whether the United States was on the brink of collapse.
In his speech on Thursday, President Biden will urge Americans to decide what type of nation they would like to have and be.
“And so at this moment we must decide what kind of nation we are going to be,” Mr. Biden will say, according to his prepared remarks obtained by Today News Africa.
The assault on democracy in the United States did not just affect the United States but democracies around the world, and also emboldened dictators in Africa who saw it as clear proof that democracy does not exist, even in the United States.
In his speech today, Mr. Biden will make it clear that Americans should "recognize the truth" and "live by it", rather than lies that trigger violence and a deadly insurrection. And that is our top story today.
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Simon Ateba, Publisher and White House Correspondent for Today News Africa in Washington DC
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