01/07/2021 7:19 AM
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Updated 01/07/2021 7:31 AM
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that she was "angry and sad" over the assault on the US Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump and said the president had part of the responsibility for the riots.
"I deeply regret
that President Trump has not admitted defeat
, since November and again yesterday," he said.
"Doubts about the outcome of the elections were fanned and created the atmosphere that made last night's events possible," he added, assuring that his shock was shared by the "millions of people who admire the democratic tradition of the United States."
Merkel said she was
satisfied with President-elect Joe Biden's statement
, as well as "many reactions from the two main parties in the United States" that assured her "that this democracy will prove to be much stronger than the robbers and the rioters."
"Now it is clear that with the confirmation of the electoral victory of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, the United States will open, as it should be, in less than two weeks a new chapter of its democracy," he said.
One of the most viral images of the seizure of the capitol by Trump militants.
Photo: EFE.
After the incidents, Congress validated Joe Biden's victory in the presidential elections early Thursday, the last step before his inauguration on January 20.
Minutes after confirmation, Trump accepted the decision and promised an "orderly transition."
"Although I totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and the facts are on my side, however, there will be an orderly transition on January 20," Trump said in a statement distributed on Twitter by one of his principals. advisors, Dan Scavino.
"I've always said that we would continue our fight to ensure that only legal votes were counted. Although this represents the end of the best first term in presidential history, it is only the beginning of our fight to Make America Great Again!" he added, citing his electoral motto.
With information from AFP.
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