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THE MAGA PARTY!,,, the GOP is dead, republicans are going down with the dems,, get ready for THE MAGA PARTY lefty's
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Originally posted by ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ People don't even read the reams of incredible garbage you post. All they do is scroll right over it. If you can't post your opinions in your own words, nobody is interested, especially when you are constantly using sources with zero credibility, which is 99.99% of what you post.
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2022-01-05 at 11:13 PM UTCBut in the off chance that it happens, he would be 100% wrong, is what you're saying?
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2022-01-06 at 1:20 AM UTCI hate those other guys; how they're so over there when I'm over hereThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2022-01-06 at 2:55 AM UTCIs qanon still a thing
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2022-01-06 at 3:33 AM UTCman I hope so cuz them nutty fuckers are sayin some wonderful soundin bullshit these days
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2022-01-06 at 5:46 AM UTCBBC News
Biden to blame Trump for Capitol riot one year on
President Joe Biden will blame Donald Trump for the US Capitol riot as he marks the anniversary of the attack on the seat of American democracy.
Speaking at Congress, Mr Biden will say his predecessor holds "singular responsibility" for the "chaos and carnage", said spokeswoman Jen Psaki.
Investigators have so far arrested 725 suspects in connection with the attack.
Trump supporters stormed the Capitol as Congress was meeting to certify Mr Biden's presidential election victory.
Images of US lawmakers cowering from the mob in the gallery of the House of Representatives on that afternoon of 6 January 2021 shocked the world.
Mr Trump had urged protesters at a rally outside the White House shortly beforehand to "peacefully" march on Congress, but he also exhorted them to "fight" and stirred up the crowd with unsubstantiated claims of mass voter fraud.
The former president had planned to host a competing news conference on Thursday from his Mar-a-Lago resort home in Palm Beach, Florida. But he cancelled the event after aides reportedly warned of negative press coverage.
A spokesman for Mr Trump, Taylor Budowich, said it was "unsurprising" that Mr Biden, a Democrat, would spend the day "trying to further divide our nation" in an attempt to distract voters from rising inflation and crime and a fresh round of coronavirus school closures.
President Biden - who rarely mentions his predecessor - will speak on Thursday morning in Statuary Hall, a section of the Capitol complex that was breached by rioters.
The White House press secretary said on Wednesday that the president's speech "will lay out the significance of what happened at the Capitol, and the singular responsibility President Trump has for the chaos and carnage that we saw".
"He will forcibly push back on the lies spread by the former president - in an attempt to mislead the American people, and his own supporters, as well as distract from his role in what happened," she added.
"President Biden has been clear-eyed about the threat the former president represents to our democracy," Ms Psaki continued.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will preside over a moment of silence at noon on the chamber floor.
An inquiry into the riot is being conducted by a House committee, which is dominated by President Biden's Democrats.
The panel is chasing phone records, visitor logs and other White House documents that could shed light on events leading up to the attack on Congress. They have issued legal summonses to members of Mr Trump's inner circle.
Senior Republicans will mostly be outside of Washington on Thursday, with the party's Senate leader, Mitch McConnell, leading a delegation to the funeral of a former senator in Atlanta, Georgia. Mr McConnell said in the immediate aftermath of the riot that Mr Trump was "practically and morally responsible".
Some Republican lawmakers have attempted to recast the invasion of Congress, in which some rioters engaged in hand-to-hand combat with police, as a peaceful protest that was spoiled by a few troublemakers.
US Attorney General Merrick Garland gave an update on the FBI inquiry on the eve of the anniversary, calling the law enforcement operation "one of the largest, most complex and most resource-intensive investigations in our history".
"The actions we have taken thus far will not be our last," he said. "We will follow the facts wherever they lead because 6 January was an unprecedented attack on the seat of our democracy."
He said 140 police officers had been assaulted, including one who was beaten and zapped repeatedly with a stun gun until he had a heart attack.
Another screamed for help as rioters crushed him between doors and bludgeoned him with his own weapon, said the attorney general.
Mr Garland is facing pressure from the left to more aggressively prosecute the rioters as well as charge the former president himself and his allies.
"We build investigations by laying a foundation," Mr Garland said. "We resolve more straightforward cases first because they provide the evidentiary foundation for more complex cases."
Most of the charges so far have been misdemeanours that can entail no jail time in the event of a conviction.
These suspects have been charged with trespassing, disorderly conduct, parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building, and obstructing congressional proceedings.
But 325 suspects are facing felonies - more serious counts - such as assaulting officers using a dangerous weapon.
Mr Garland said 300,000 tips had been submitted by private citizens, and the FBI were still hunting about 2,500 suspects.
One rioter, an unarmed woman, Ashli Babbitt, was shot by an officer while trying to breach the House chamber. Two others died from natural causes related to cardiovascular disease and another died from a drug overdose.
Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick died a day later of natural causes after suffering two strokes while defending the building, according to medical officials.
In an opinion piece for the New York Times on Wednesday, the oldest-living former US President, Jimmy Carter, warned that the country "now teeters on the brink of a widening abyss".
"Without immediate action, we are at genuine risk of civil conflict and losing our precious democracy. Americans must set aside differences and work together before it is too late."
A week after the riot, Mr Trump was impeached by the House for incitement of insurrection, but acquitted by the Senate, which was then still controlled by his fellow Republicans. He is still seen to wield significant influence over the party.
Of 10 Republicans who sided with Democrats in the lower chamber vote, two have resigned amid death threats, three others are facing Trump-backed election challenges, and four more have kept a low profile.
Wyoming's Liz Cheney was stripped of her Republican leadership position in the House, but is spearheading the congressional inquiry into the Capitol riot.
National divisions over the riot are underscored by BBC interviews with American voters.
James Clark, 69, a life-long Republican voter in Virginia, said: "It was truly shocking. President Trump seemed intent on burning down the house before leaving Washington."
But Trump voter Keri Smith, 42, of Texas, argued that the Black Lives Matter protests were worse.
"We've seen stuff crazier than that happening on a weekly basis for the past two years," she said.
Laura Powers, a disaffected Republican, says she is "still horrified" by what she watched on TV that day.
"It was a horrible, dark day for democracy and it should never ever happen again."
The Capitol riot has been described as the worst assault on the Capitol since the War of 1812. -
2022-01-06 at 6:15 AM UTC
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2022-01-06 at 6:27 AM UTCNothing ever changes. they have left and right aggressors go at it as a sideshow.
it's pointless, damages small business more than large corporate ones. then places like Target say "Fuck this shit, we're closing down" and then Best Buy does the same and then one less Starbucks. and then the people in the neighborhood be like "Hey, they dont care for us,, they close down and leave us without conviencance. then some Korean Super Market with twice the price on produce moves into where Target was and maybe break it up into 3-4 stores with other high priced shit.
don't burn down your neighborhood and they wont leave.
think about why stores are closing and going 100 percent online. it's cheaper, its more efficient. I'm surprised Malls even exist anymore. fucking retarded assholes destroying and or doing flash bob mob blah bob smash and grabs non-stop
how can a business stay in business when hit over and over. Walgreens are closing down in San Francisco. Yes, Frala.. I was kidding, there were shitloads of them but irony from my joke.. not any more. -
2022-01-06 at 6:37 AM UTC
Originally posted by Quick Mix Ready Nothing ever changes. they have left and right aggressors go at it as a sideshow.
it's pointless, damages small business more than large corporate ones. then places like Target say "Fuck this shit, we're closing down" and then Best Buy does the same and then one less Starbucks. and then the people in the neighborhood be like "Hey, they dont care for us,, they close down and leave us without conviencance. then some Korean Super Market with twice the price on produce moves into where Target was and maybe break it up into 3-4 stores with other high priced shit.
don't burn down your neighborhood and they wont leave.
think about why stores are closing and going 100 percent online. it's cheaper, its more efficient. I'm surprised Malls even exist anymore. fucking retarded assholes destroying and or doing flash bob mob blah bob smash and grabs non-stop
how can a business stay in business when hit over and over. Walgreens are closing down in San Francisco. Yes, Frala.. I was kidding, there were shitloads of them but irony from my joke.. not any more.
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2022-01-06 at 2:48 PM UTC
Originally posted by stl1 BBC News
Biden to blame Trump for Capitol riot one year on
President Joe Biden will blame Donald Trump for the US Capitol riot as he marks the anniversary of the attack on the seat of American democracy.
Speaking at Congress, Mr Biden will say his predecessor holds "singular responsibility" for the "chaos and carnage", said spokeswoman Jen Psaki.
Investigators have so far arrested 725 suspects in connection with the attack.
Trump supporters stormed the Capitol as Congress was meeting to certify Mr Biden's presidential election victory.
Images of US lawmakers cowering from the mob in the gallery of the House of Representatives on that afternoon of 6 January 2021 shocked the world.
Mr Trump had urged protesters at a rally outside the White House shortly beforehand to "peacefully" march on Congress, but he also exhorted them to "fight" and stirred up the crowd with unsubstantiated claims of mass voter fraud.
The former president had planned to host a competing news conference on Thursday from his Mar-a-Lago resort home in Palm Beach, Florida. But he cancelled the event after aides reportedly warned of negative press coverage.
A spokesman for Mr Trump, Taylor Budowich, said it was "unsurprising" that Mr Biden, a Democrat, would spend the day "trying to further divide our nation" in an attempt to distract voters from rising inflation and crime and a fresh round of coronavirus school closures.
President Biden - who rarely mentions his predecessor - will speak on Thursday morning in Statuary Hall, a section of the Capitol complex that was breached by rioters.
The White House press secretary said on Wednesday that the president's speech "will lay out the significance of what happened at the Capitol, and the singular responsibility President Trump has for the chaos and carnage that we saw".
"He will forcibly push back on the lies spread by the former president - in an attempt to mislead the American people, and his own supporters, as well as distract from his role in what happened," she added.
"President Biden has been clear-eyed about the threat the former president represents to our democracy," Ms Psaki continued.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will preside over a moment of silence at noon on the chamber floor.
An inquiry into the riot is being conducted by a House committee, which is dominated by President Biden's Democrats.
The panel is chasing phone records, visitor logs and other White House documents that could shed light on events leading up to the attack on Congress. They have issued legal summonses to members of Mr Trump's inner circle.
Senior Republicans will mostly be outside of Washington on Thursday, with the party's Senate leader, Mitch McConnell, leading a delegation to the funeral of a former senator in Atlanta, Georgia. Mr McConnell said in the immediate aftermath of the riot that Mr Trump was "practically and morally responsible".
Some Republican lawmakers have attempted to recast the invasion of Congress, in which some rioters engaged in hand-to-hand combat with police, as a peaceful protest that was spoiled by a few troublemakers.
US Attorney General Merrick Garland gave an update on the FBI inquiry on the eve of the anniversary, calling the law enforcement operation "one of the largest, most complex and most resource-intensive investigations in our history".
"The actions we have taken thus far will not be our last," he said. "We will follow the facts wherever they lead because 6 January was an unprecedented attack on the seat of our democracy."
He said 140 police officers had been assaulted, including one who was beaten and zapped repeatedly with a stun gun until he had a heart attack.
Another screamed for help as rioters crushed him between doors and bludgeoned him with his own weapon, said the attorney general.
Mr Garland is facing pressure from the left to more aggressively prosecute the rioters as well as charge the former president himself and his allies.
"We build investigations by laying a foundation," Mr Garland said. "We resolve more straightforward cases first because they provide the evidentiary foundation for more complex cases."
Most of the charges so far have been misdemeanours that can entail no jail time in the event of a conviction.
These suspects have been charged with trespassing, disorderly conduct, parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building, and obstructing congressional proceedings.
But 325 suspects are facing felonies - more serious counts - such as assaulting officers using a dangerous weapon.
Mr Garland said 300,000 tips had been submitted by private citizens, and the FBI were still hunting about 2,500 suspects.
One rioter, an unarmed woman, Ashli Babbitt, was shot by an officer while trying to breach the House chamber. Two others died from natural causes related to cardiovascular disease and another died from a drug overdose.
Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick died a day later of natural causes after suffering two strokes while defending the building, according to medical officials.
In an opinion piece for the New York Times on Wednesday, the oldest-living former US President, Jimmy Carter, warned that the country "now teeters on the brink of a widening abyss".
"Without immediate action, we are at genuine risk of civil conflict and losing our precious democracy. Americans must set aside differences and work together before it is too late."
A week after the riot, Mr Trump was impeached by the House for incitement of insurrection, but acquitted by the Senate, which was then still controlled by his fellow Republicans. He is still seen to wield significant influence over the party.
Of 10 Republicans who sided with Democrats in the lower chamber vote, two have resigned amid death threats, three others are facing Trump-backed election challenges, and four more have kept a low profile.
Wyoming's Liz Cheney was stripped of her Republican leadership position in the House, but is spearheading the congressional inquiry into the Capitol riot.
National divisions over the riot are underscored by BBC interviews with American voters.
James Clark, 69, a life-long Republican voter in Virginia, said: "It was truly shocking. President Trump seemed intent on burning down the house before leaving Washington."
But Trump voter Keri Smith, 42, of Texas, argued that the Black Lives Matter protests were worse.
"We've seen stuff crazier than that happening on a weekly basis for the past two years," she said.
Laura Powers, a disaffected Republican, says she is "still horrified" by what she watched on TV that day.
"It was a horrible, dark day for democracy and it should never ever happen again."
The Capitol riot has been described as the worst assault on the Capitol since the War of 1812.
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Jan. 6 live updates: Biden slams Trump for 'web of lies' about Jan. 6, election loss
Thursday marks one year since the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and Democrats plan to observe the anniversary with somber tributes at the building that's the symbol of American democracy.
The events in Washington include a moment of silence, a panel discussion with historians, firsthand testimonies from lawmakers and a prayer vigil on the Capitol steps.
President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are making remarks at the Capitol where the White House says the president will address the "singular responsibility" former President Donald Trump had "for the chaos and carnage" witnessed and commemorate law enforcement officers who protected the lives of lawmakers last year. No Republican leaders are expected to attend the ceremonies.
Biden slams Trump for spreading 'web of lies' around election loss
In his most forceful remarks yet against Trump, Biden called out the former president -- without using his name -- for weaving what he called a "web of lies" around the 2020 election and attacking American democracy as no other leader has before.
"We must be absolutely clear about what is true and what is a lie," Biden said. "And here's the truth: The former president of the United States of America has created spread a web of lies about the 2020 election. He's done so because he values power over principle -- because he sees his own interest is more important than his country's interest and America's interest -- because his bruised ego matters more to him than our democracy or our Constitution."
"He can't accept he lost," Biden said. "He can't accept he lost even though that's what 93 United States senators, his own attorney general, his own vice president, governors and state officials and every battleground state, all said, he lost."
Establishing Trump as a "defeated former president -- by a margin of 7 million votes in a free and fair election," Biden defended his win against Trump and his supporters by laying out the facts of the election.
Harris ties ‘fragility of democracy’ to push for voting rights legislation
A somber Vice President Kamala Harris, in remarks ahead of Biden, said what the "extremists who roamed these halls targeted" last year when was not only an attack on the lives of elected leaders and the 2020 election.
"What they sought to degrade and destroy was not only a building, hallowed as it is. What they were assaulting. were the institution's the values, the ideals that generations of Americans have marched, picketed, and shed blood to establish and defend," she said.
The vice president, who was at the Capitol on the morning of Jan. 6 last year, reflected on what she called "the dual nature of democracy: its fragility and its strength."
"The strength of democracy is the rule of law," she said. "And the fragility of democracy is this. That if we are not vigilant, if we do not defend it, democracy simply will not stand. It will falter and fail."
She ended her remarks with a call to pass Democrats voting rights bills in the Senate as restrictive voting laws are enacted across the country.
"But we, the American people, must also do something more. We cannot sit on the sidelines. We must unite in defense of our democracy," she said.
Biden arrives at the Capitol
Arriving on Capitol Hill, reporters asked the president ahead of his remarks how he was feeling heading into the day.
The president, flanked by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, appeared to respond, "Praying that we will never have a day like we had a year ago today."
Notably, he did not respond when asked if he held Trump personally responsible for the attack.
The three walked towards Statuary Hall, which rioters stormed through one year ago.
To mark one year since a violent mob of Trump supporters stormed through the Capitol -- including Statuary Hall where Biden will soon speak -- and attempted to breach the House chamber in an attempt to undo the 2020 election, in his remarks this morning, Biden will say that Americans are facing a moment when “we must decide what kind of nation we are going to be.”
“Are we going to be a nation that accepts political violence as a norm? Are we going to be a nation where we allow partisan election officials to overturn the legally expressed will of the people? Are we going to be a nation that lives not by the light of the truth but in the shadow of lies?” Biden will say according to speech excerpts released by the White House.
“We cannot allow ourselves to be that kind of nation. The way forward is to recognize the truth and to live by it,” the excerpt read.
While Biden is not expected to mention the former president by name, the White House said he will lay out the “singular responsibility President Trump has for the chaos and carnage that we saw.”
Upon Biden’s arrival to the Capitol, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer greeted him. The pair flanked the president as they walked towards Statuary Hall.
Fortified fencing, massive force, not part of anniversary scene
Armored military vehicles, concertina wire atop non-scalable fencing and the massive show of force that fortified Capitol Hill in the aftermath of the violent attack on democracy last Jan. 6 are not defining Thursday's anniversary.
The security posture in Washington, by comparison, appears fairly ordinary. The temporary fencing that ringed the Capitol for more than six months, and again briefly for a September demonstration has not returned, though that could change quickly if conditions warrant, Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger told ABC News Chief Justice Correspondent Pierre Thomas in a recent interview.
In a briefing Tuesday, Manger said his office was aware of several events planned for the day but that “most of them aren't of much concern to us.”
“There's no intelligence that indicates that there would be any problems,” he said.
By the numbers: DOJ investigates Jan. 6
At least 704 accused rioters have been charged by the Department of Justice, according to an ABC News count. At least 172 have pleaded guilty to their changes.
The FBI is still seeking 350 individuals believed to have committed violent acts on the Capitol grounds, according to the DOJ, including over 250 who assaulted police officers.
Capitol Police union praises officers' 'dedication and commitment'
The union representing United States Capitol Police officers praised the "dedication and commitment" of those who protected the Capitol building one year ago.
"Today, we recognize the dedication and commitment to mission of the men and women who put their own lives and safety on the line to defend the U.S. Capitol," Gus Papathanasiou, chair of the union, said in a statement Thursday. "We especially pay tribute to Officer Sicknick who died after being injured during the rioting, and to Officer Liebengood who tragically took his own life after the attack."
According to Papathanasiou, 80 Capitol Police officers sustained injuries that day, with some so serious they are still not back at work. He said members of the force remain "committed to our mission," but that comes with an increase in officers as well as improved intelligence and communications between officers and leadership.
Papathanasiou noted that the legacy of Jan. 6 -- from a policing perspective -- should be a police force that is better prepared, with an eye toward readiness if an attack of such scale ever occurred again.
"Going forward, this Union will work with the Department to ensure those sacrifices will not be in vain," he added. "We must ensure that the events of January 6th are never repeated."
Who placed the pipe bombs the night before the Capitol attack?
On the evening of Jan. 5, 2021, on a sleepy street a short distance from the U.S. Capitol, a mysterious figure loomed. Wearing a sweatshirt with the hood pulled up, a pair of Air Max Speed Turf shoes with a yellow Nike logo, a backpack and gloves, the suspect walked through alleyways and was equipped with what investigators say were two pipe bombs.
A full year later, the agency still has not caught the person who placed the bombs nor has it released information about a "person of interest."
How Trump's plot nearly succeeded: ANALYSIS
Beyond the riot, Jan. 6 was a dangerously close call. ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl asks: "What if Pence had followed Trump’s order? What would have happened if he had brought the gavel down during the joint session on Jan. 6 and thrown out Biden’s electoral votes in the states Trump had contested? What if he had declared Trump the winner of those states?"
J. Michael Luttig, a former federal appellate judge popular among conservatives, had advised Pence he would be violating the Constitution if he followed Trump’s order, and Luttig tells ABC News that if Pence had attempted to do it, he would have "plunged the country into a constitutional crisis of the highest order."
Pence sheltered feet away from insurrectionists
As lawmakers returned the evening of Jan. 6 to certify the election following the attack, then-Vice President Mike Pence tweeted his thanks last year to the law enforcement officers who kept him safe, showing how he was rushed to a Capitol Hill parking garage during the attack.
In the subsequent weeks, video played at Trump’s second impeachment trial revealed just how close the rioters came -- some within 100 feet of Pence and his family, who were forced to take shelter in the Capitol.
In an interview with Trump for his book "Betrayal," ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl asked Trump at Mar-a-Lago last March if he was worried about the safety of his vice president.
"No, I thought he was well-protected," Trump said. "And I had heard that he was in good shape.”
When asked directly about the "’Hang Mike Pence’” chants on tape, Trump said, "Well, the people were very angry. Because it's -- it's common sense, Jon, it's common sense, that you're supposed to protect -- How can you, if you know a vote is fraudulent, right — how can you pass on a fraudulent vote to Congress?"
There is no evidence to support Trump’s claims that he won the election over Biden, despite dozens of failed court battles last year. -
2022-01-06 at 3:53 PM UTC
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Jan. 6 live updates: Biden slams Trump for 'web of lies' about Jan. 6, election loss
Thursday marks one year since the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and Democrats plan to observe the anniversary with somber tributes at the building that's the symbol of American democracy.
The events in Washington include a moment of silence, a panel discussion with historians, firsthand testimonies from lawmakers and a prayer vigil on the Capitol steps.
President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are making remarks at the Capitol where the White House says the president will address the "singular responsibility" former President Donald Trump had "for the chaos and carnage" witnessed and commemorate law enforcement officers who protected the lives of lawmakers last year. No Republican leaders are expected to attend the ceremonies.
Biden slams Trump for spreading 'web of lies' around election loss
In his most forceful remarks yet against Trump, Biden called out the former president – without using his name – for weaving what he called a "web of lies" around the 2020 election and attacking American democracy as no other leader has before.
"We must be absolutely clear about what is true and what is a lie," Biden said. "And here's the truth: The former president of the United States of America has created spread a web of lies about the 2020 election. He's done so because he values power over principle – because he sees his own interest is more important than his country's interest and America's interest – because his bruised ego matters more to him than our democracy or our Constitution."
"He can't accept he lost," Biden said. "He can't accept he lost even though that's what 93 United States senators, his own attorney general, his own vice president, governors and state officials and every battleground state, all said, he lost."
Establishing Trump as a "defeated former president – by a margin of 7 million votes in a free and fair election," Biden defended his win against Trump and his supporters by laying out the facts of the election.
Harris ties ‘fragility of democracy’ to push for voting rights legislation
A somber Vice President Kamala Harris, in remarks ahead of Biden, said what the "extremists who roamed these halls targeted" last year when was not only an attack on the lives of elected leaders and the 2020 election.
"What they sought to degrade and destroy was not only a building, hallowed as it is. What they were assaulting. were the institution's the values, the ideals that generations of Americans have marched, picketed, and shed blood to establish and defend," she said.
The vice president, who was at the Capitol on the morning of Jan. 6 last year, reflected on what she called "the dual nature of democracy: its fragility and its strength."
"The strength of democracy is the rule of law," she said. "And the fragility of democracy is this. That if we are not vigilant, if we do not defend it, democracy simply will not stand. It will falter and fail."
She ended her remarks with a call to pass Democrats voting rights bills in the Senate as restrictive voting laws are enacted across the country.
"But we, the American people, must also do something more. We cannot sit on the sidelines. We must unite in defense of our democracy," she said.
Biden arrives at the Capitol
Arriving on Capitol Hill, reporters asked the president ahead of his remarks how he was feeling heading into the day.
The president, flanked by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, appeared to respond, "Praying that we will never have a day like we had a year ago today."
Notably, he did not respond when asked if he held Trump personally responsible for the attack.
The three walked towards Statuary Hall, which rioters stormed through one year ago.
To mark one year since a violent mob of Trump supporters stormed through the Capitol – including Statuary Hall where Biden will soon speak – and attempted to breach the House chamber in an attempt to undo the 2020 election, in his remarks this morning, Biden will say that Americans are facing a moment when “we must decide what kind of nation we are going to be.”
“Are we going to be a nation that accepts political violence as a norm? Are we going to be a nation where we allow partisan election officials to overturn the legally expressed will of the people? Are we going to be a nation that lives not by the light of the truth but in the shadow of lies?” Biden will say according to speech excerpts released by the White House.
“We cannot allow ourselves to be that kind of nation. The way forward is to recognize the truth and to live by it,” the excerpt read.
While Biden is not expected to mention the former president by name, the White House said he will lay out the “singular responsibility President Trump has for the chaos and carnage that we saw.”
Upon Biden’s arrival to the Capitol, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer greeted him. The pair flanked the president as they walked towards Statuary Hall.
Fortified fencing, massive force, not part of anniversary scene
Armored military vehicles, concertina wire atop non-scalable fencing and the massive show of force that fortified Capitol Hill in the aftermath of the violent attack on democracy last Jan. 6 are not defining Thursday's anniversary.
The security posture in Washington, by comparison, appears fairly ordinary. The temporary fencing that ringed the Capitol for more than six months, and again briefly for a September demonstration has not returned, though that could change quickly if conditions warrant, Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger told ABC News Chief Justice Correspondent Pierre Thomas in a recent interview.
In a briefing Tuesday, Manger said his office was aware of several events planned for the day but that “most of them aren't of much concern to us.”
“There's no intelligence that indicates that there would be any problems,” he said.
By the numbers: DOJ investigates Jan. 6
At least 704 accused rioters have been charged by the Department of Justice, according to an ABC News count. At least 172 have pleaded guilty to their changes.
The FBI is still seeking 350 individuals believed to have committed violent acts on the Capitol grounds, according to the DOJ, including over 250 who assaulted police officers.
Capitol Police union praises officers' 'dedication and commitment'
The union representing United States Capitol Police officers praised the "dedication and commitment" of those who protected the Capitol building one year ago.
"Today, we recognize the dedication and commitment to mission of the men and women who put their own lives and safety on the line to defend the U.S. Capitol," Gus Papathanasiou, chair of the union, said in a statement Thursday. "We especially pay tribute to Officer Sicknick who died after being injured during the rioting, and to Officer Liebengood who tragically took his own life after the attack."
According to Papathanasiou, 80 Capitol Police officers sustained injuries that day, with some so serious they are still not back at work. He said members of the force remain "committed to our mission," but that comes with an increase in officers as well as improved intelligence and communications between officers and leadership.
Papathanasiou noted that the legacy of Jan. 6 – from a policing perspective – should be a police force that is better prepared, with an eye toward readiness if an attack of such scale ever occurred again.
"Going forward, this Union will work with the Department to ensure those sacrifices will not be in vain," he added. "We must ensure that the events of January 6th are never repeated."
Who placed the pipe bombs the night before the Capitol attack?
On the evening of Jan. 5, 2021, on a sleepy street a short distance from the U.S. Capitol, a mysterious figure loomed. Wearing a sweatshirt with the hood pulled up, a pair of Air Max Speed Turf shoes with a yellow Nike logo, a backpack and gloves, the suspect walked through alleyways and was equipped with what investigators say were two pipe bombs.
A full year later, the agency still has not caught the person who placed the bombs nor has it released information about a "person of interest."
How Trump's plot nearly succeeded: ANALYSIS
Beyond the riot, Jan. 6 was a dangerously close call. ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl asks: "What if Pence had followed Trump’s order? What would have happened if he had brought the gavel down during the joint session on Jan. 6 and thrown out Biden’s electoral votes in the states Trump had contested? What if he had declared Trump the winner of those states?"
J. Michael Luttig, a former federal appellate judge popular among conservatives, had advised Pence he would be violating the Constitution if he followed Trump’s order, and Luttig tells ABC News that if Pence had attempted to do it, he would have "plunged the country into a constitutional crisis of the highest order."
Pence sheltered feet away from insurrectionists
As lawmakers returned the evening of Jan. 6 to certify the election following the attack, then-Vice President Mike Pence tweeted his thanks last year to the law enforcement officers who kept him safe, showing how he was rushed to a Capitol Hill parking garage during the attack.
In the subsequent weeks, video played at Trump’s second impeachment trial revealed just how close the rioters came – some within 100 feet of Pence and his family, who were forced to take shelter in the Capitol.
In an interview with Trump for his book "Betrayal," ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl asked Trump at Mar-a-Lago last March if he was worried about the safety of his vice president.
"No, I thought he was well-protected," Trump said. "And I had heard that he was in good shape.”
When asked directly about the "’Hang Mike Pence’” chants on tape, Trump said, "Well, the people were very angry. Because it's – it's common sense, Jon, it's common sense, that you're supposed to protect – How can you, if you know a vote is fraudulent, right — how can you pass on a fraudulent vote to Congress?"
There is no evidence to support Trump’s claims that he won the election over Biden, despite dozens of failed court battles last year.
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