(ANSA) - WASHINGTON, 06 JAN - "On January 6 there was an armed insurrection and Donald Trump tried to overthrow free elections, subvert the Constitution and stop a peaceful transfer of powers through a group of dumbfounders, the whole world has seen with his own eyes . Not even during the civil war this thing happened. In this sacred place democracy was attacked, a brutal attack, but the people resisted, democracy held ". This was stated by US President Joe Biden speaking from Congress on the occasion of the commemoration of the assault on Capitol Hill on January 6 last year.
A ceremony deserted by most Republicans. Indeed, Moltisenatori joined the delegation led by leader Mitch McConnell to attend the funeral of one of their colleagues in Atlanta,in Georgia.
"We cannot afford" to become "a country that accepts political violence as the norm," thundered the president at the Congress meanwhile.
"We are in a decisive moment in history in America and in the world, there is a challenge between democracy and autocracy, see China and Russia. They say that democracy is too slow to solve today's problems and they bet that America will become like them. But us. we never will be, "Biden concluded.
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