Image Source : AP ‘Democracy is fragile’, Biden says after Trump’s acquittal
US President Joe Biden has stated that the Senate’s acquittal of his predecessor Donald Trump for inciting a mob to storm the Capitol on January 6 was a reminder that democracy was “fragile” and each American had an obligation to defend the reality.
While the ultimate vote didn’t result in the conviction of Trump, the substance of the cost will not be in dispute, Biden stated on Saturday in his first response, hours after the US Senate acquitted the previous president on a cost of inciting the January 6 rebel on the Capitol.
The 100-member Senate voted to question Trump by 57-43 votes, 10 votes wanting the two-thirds majority wanted for conviction.
“This sad chapter in our history has reminded us that democracy is fragile. That it must always be defended. That we must be ever vigilant. That violence and extremism have no place in America. And that each of us has a duty and responsibility as Americans, and especially as leaders, to defend the truth and to defeat the lies,” Biden, a Democrat, stated in a late-night assertion.
Biden stated that 57 Senators – together with a report seven Republicans – voted to search out former President Trump responsible for inciting that lethal rebel on American democracy.
Trump, a Republican, was accused of inciting riots within the US Capitol on January 6 which left 5 folks, together with a police officer, useless.
“The Senate vote followed the bipartisan vote to impeach him by the House of Representatives. While the final vote did not lead to a conviction, the substance of the charge is not in dispute,” he stated.
“Even those opposed to the conviction, like Senate Minority Leader McConnell, believe Donald Trump was guilty of a “disgraceful dereliction of duty” and “practically and morally responsible for provoking” the violence unleashed on the Capitol,” Biden stated.
Biden is spending his first Valentine Day weekend with the First Lady on the picturesque presidential retreat of Camp David in Maryland.
“Tonight, I am thinking about those who bravely stood guard that January day. I’m thinking about all those who lost their lives, all those whose lives were threatened, and all those who are still today living with terror they lived through that day,” he stated.
“And I’m thinking of those who demonstrated the courage to protect the integrity of our democracy – Democrats and Republicans, election officials and judges, elected representatives and poll workers – before and after the election,” Biden stated.
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