Joe Biden called on Donald Trump to end an “unprecedented assault” on democracy as an angry mob breached the Capitol, delaying the formal certification of the 2020 election and plunging Washington into chaos.
“I call on President Trump to go on national television now to fulfill his oath and defend the Constitution and demand an end to this siege”, - said Biden.
Seeking to tamp down the anarchy that Trump stoked with angry rhetoric just hours earlier, Biden urged rioters to abandon what amounted to an armed occupation of the House and Senate. The president-elect denounced Trump’s refusal to graciously accept defeat, and suggested the President was to blame for the violence.
“At their best, the words of a president can inspire. At their worst, they can incite”, - added Biden.