US President Joe Biden terms January 6 riot as existential crisis

TIL Desk/World/Washington/ President Joe Biden has said that the January 6 riot at the US Capitol was not dissent but disorder and termed the vicious attack an existential crisis, asserting that while the American democracy survived, it must be protected by standing up to hate, lies and extremism.

President Biden issued a statement on Tuesday recognising the six-month mark of the insurrection while seeking national unity to restore decency, honour and respect for the rule of law. Together, let us demonstrate to ourselves, and to the world, the enduring strength and the limitless capacity and goodness of who we are as Americans, Biden said.

Not even during the Civil War did insurrectionists breach our Capitol, the citadel of our democracy. But six months ago today, insurrectionists did. They launched a violent and deadly assault on the people’s house, on the people’s representatives, and on the Capitol police sworn to protect them, as our duly elected Congress carried out the sacred ritual of our republic and certified the Electoral College vote, he said.