President Joe Biden reflects on the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, emphasizing the importance of a peaceful transfer of presidential power as Trump prepares to take office for a second term. Biden writes in The Washington Post that democracy prevailed despite the insurrection and calls for remembering the day annually to uphold the fragility of democratic institutions.
President Joe Biden speaks at a reception for new Democratic members of Congress in the State Dining Room of the White House, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, in Washington. in an attempt to block certification of the 2020 election — seeking to contrast that day’s chaos with what he promises will be an orderly transition returning Trump to power for a second term.
“To tell us we didn’t see what we all saw with our own eyes,” Biden wrote. “We cannot allow the truth to be lost.” The published piece followed Biden telling reporters at the White House earlier Sunday that the history of what occurred on Jan. 6, 2021, “should not be rewritten” and adding, “I don’t think it should be forgotten.”As he did with his opinion piece, Biden used his Sunday comments to reporters to stress that his administration is overseeing a peaceful handover of power — unlike the last one.
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