WASHINGTON — President Biden forcefully denounced former President Donald J. Trump for promoting lies and tearing down democracy because he could not stand the fact that he lost a free and fair election, accusing his predecessor and his allies of holding “a dagger at the throat of America.”In his most sustained and scathing attack on the former president since taking office, Mr. Biden used the anniversary of the Jan. 6 mob assault on the Capitol to condemn Mr. Trump for waging an “undemocratic” and “un-American” campaign against the legitimacy of the election system that he likened to the actions of autocrats and dictators in faraway countries.“The former president of the United States of America has created and spread a web of lies about the 2020 election,” Mr. Biden said, standing in the same National Statuary Hall invaded by throngs of Trump supporters a year ago. “He’s done so because he values power over principle, because he sees his own interests as more important than his country’s interests and America’s interests, and because his bruised ego matters more to him than our democracy or our Constitution. He can’t accept he lost.”Without using Mr. Trump’s name, the president assailed the “defeated former president” for trying to rewrite history and for casting the attackers of a year ago as patriots. “Is that what you thought when you looked at the mob ransacking the Capitol, destroying property, literally defecating in the hallways, rifling through desks of senators and representatives, hunting down members of Congress?” Mr. Biden asked. “Patriots? Not in my view.”“Those who stormed this Capitol and those who instigated and incited and those who called on them to do so,” he added, “held a dagger at the throat of America, at American democracy.”VideotranscriptBackbars0:002:020:00transcriptBiden: ‘I’ll Allow No One to Place a Dagger at the Throat of Democracy’
The president denounced former President Donald J. Trump for spreading lies about the 2020 election during a speech on the anniversary of the Capitol riot.
This wasn’t a group of tourists, this was an armed insurrection. They weren’t looking to uphold the will of the people, they were looking to deny the will of the people. They weren’t looking to uphold a free and fair election, they were looking to overturn one. They weren’t looking to save the cause of America, they were looking to subvert the Constitution. The former president of the United States of America has created and spread a web of lies about the 2020 election. He’s done so because he values power over principle. Because he sees his own interest as more important than his country’s interest, than America’s interest. And because his bruised ego matters more to him than our democracy or our Constitution. He can’t accept he lost. The third big lie being told by our former president and his supporters is that the mob who sought to impose their will through violence are the nation’s true patriots. Is that what you thought when you looked at the mob ransacking the Capitol? Destroying property, literally defecating in the hallways. Rifling through the deaths of senators and representatives. Hunting down members of Congress. Patriots? Not in my view. I did not seek this fight brought to this Capitol one year ago today. But I will not shrink from it either. I will stand in this breach. I will defend this nation, and I’ll allow no one to place a dagger at the throat of democracy. We will make sure the will of the people is heard. That the ballot prevails, not violence. That authority in this nation will always be peacefully transferred.{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","@id":"https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000008148287/biden-jan-6-speech.html","description":"The president denounced former President Donald J. Trump for spreading lies about the 2020 election during a speech on the anniversary of the Capitol riot.","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000008148287/biden-jan-6-speech.html","name":"Biden: ‘I’ll Allow No One to Place a Dagger at the Throat of Democracy’","thumbnailUrl":["https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/01/06/us/politics/06vid-Biden-remarks-1/merlin_199996119_2c9eace2-766a-46a6-b501-9521d03c27f1-videoSixteenByNine1050.jpg","https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/01/06/us/politics/06vid-Biden-remarks-1/merlin_199996119_2c9eace2-766a-46a6-b501-9521d03c27f1-superJumbo.jpg","https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/01/06/us/politics/06vid-Biden-remarks-1/06vid-Biden-remarks-1-square640.jpg"],"embedUrl":"https://www.nytimes.com/video/players/offsite/index.html?videoId=100000008148287","uploadDate":"2022-01-06T16:59:44.065Z","transcript":"This wasn’t a group of tourists, this was an armed insurrection. They weren’t looking to uphold the will of theBy: Peter Baker
Title: Biden accuses Trump and his allies of holding ‘a dagger at the throat of America.’
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Published Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2022 21:53:14 +0000
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