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Invocations of the 9/11 terrorist attacks abounded among Democrats and members of the media on Thursday on the first anniversary of the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
Before President Biden spoke in Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill, Vice President Kamala Harris opened her address by invoking Pearl Harbor and the September 11 attacks, saying the Capitol riot had taken its place alongside the two dates that killed thousands of Americans and launched wars.
“Certain dates echo throughout history,” Harris said. “Including dates that instantly remind all who have lived them where they were and what they were doing when our democracy came under assault. Dates that occupy not only a place on our calendar but a place in our collective memory. Dec. 7, 1941, Sept. 11, 2001, and Jan. 6, 2021.”
President Biden wipes his eyes as Vice President Kamala Harris speaks from Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol to mark one year since the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol by supporters loyal to then-President Donald Trump, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022, in Washington. (Drew Angerer/Pool via AP)
(Drew Angerer/Pool via AP)
9/11 VICTIMS’ FAMILIES OUTRAGED OVER MEDIA CLAIMS CAPITOL RIOT WAS WORSE ‘TO SCORE POINTS POLITICALLY’
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki backed Harris’ rhetoric during her briefing on Thursday, saying that even in prior moments of crisis, there was never before a presence of Confederate flags in the Capitol until the day of the riot, when pro-Trump supporters stormed the building in anger over certification of Biden’s 2020 victory.
Biden didn’t invoke 9/11 in his speech, but he received media accolades for his most strident language yet against former President Trump, never naming him but savaging the “former president” for spreading a “web of lies” and stoking a mob last year that disrupted Biden’s election certification. The riot has received extensive coverage on a near-daily basis in the media since, and Trump has continued to insist the 2020 election was rigged…
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