President criticizes Trump for inaction during Capitol riot, saying he ‘watched it all happen’ from the comfort of the White House
Joe Biden has said that his presidential predecessor Donald Trump “lacked the courage to act” as a mob of his supporters tried to halt the congressional certification of his defeat in the 2020 election by mounting the January 6 attack on the Capitol.
In virtual remarks to the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, Biden – who is recovering from Covid-19 – on Monday said police officers defending the Capitol were “speared, sprayed, stomped on, brutalized” for hours by white nationalists and other Trump sycophants who bought his false claims that he’d been robbed of victory by electoral fraudsters.