Biden denounces violence by protesters at US Capitol
Published:Wednesday | January 6, 2021 | 4:39 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden has called the violent protests on the US Capitol “an assault on the most sacred of American undertakings: the doing of the people’s business.”
Biden also demanded President Donald Trump to immediately make a televised address calling for his supporters to cease the violence.
Biden’s condemnation came after violent protesters breached the US Capitol on Wednesday afternoon, forcing a delay in the constitutional process to affirm the president-elect’s victory in the November election.
Biden addressed the violent protests as authorities struggled to take control of a chaotic situation at the Capitol that led to the evacuation of lawmakers.
Angry supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol in a chaotic protest aimed at thwarting a peaceful transfer of power, forcing lawmakers to be rushed from the building and interrupting challenges to Biden’s Electoral College victory.
Trump issued a restrained call for peace but did not call on his supporters to leave.
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