Biden blasted Trump's inaction during the Jan. 6 insurrection, emphasizing in a speech today that 'you can’t be pro-insurrection and pro-cop.'
said in virtual remarks"You saw what happened. The Capitol Police, the D.C. Metropolitan Police, other law enforcement agencies were attacked and assaulted before our very eyes. Speared, sprayed, stomped on, brutalized. Lives were lost."
"And for three hours, the defeated former president of the United States watched it all happen, as he sat in the comfort of the private dining room of the Oval Office," he said. "Donald Trump lacked the courage to act. The brave women and men, all across this nation, should never forget that. You can’t be pro-insurrection and pro-cop. You can’t be pro-insurrection and pro-democracy. You can’t be pro-insurrection and pro-American."Multiple witnesses from Trump's inner circle testified before the Jan.
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