Joe Biden calls on Donald Trump to step up, end the siege

President-elect Joe Biden offered a scathing rebuke of the hundreds of pro-Trump rioters who continued to storm the U.S. Capitol Complex and disrupted the official declaration of the 2020 election results earlier on Wednesday.

Biden, who will become the U.S. president on Jan. 20, castigated the rioters and called upon law enforcement to quell violence in Washington.

“At this hour, our democracy is under unprecedented assault, unlike anything we’ve seen in modern times,” the president-elect said from Wilmington, Delaware. “Let me be very clear: The scenes of chaos at the Capitol do not reflect the true America, do not represent who we are.”

“I’m genuinely shocked and saddened that our nation, so long a beacon of hope and light for democracy, has come to such a dark moment,” he added. “America’s about honor, decency, respect, tolerance. That’s who we are. That’s who we’ve always been.”

Biden did not spare President Donald Trump.

The president-elect implored Trump to make a public and vocal announcement to demand the rioters leave the Capitol immediately.

“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,” Biden said.

But just minutes after the conclusion of Biden’s remarks, Trump posted a video to his Twitter account that falsely challenged the legitimacy of the 2020 election but nonetheless asked the pro-Trump mob to “go home.”

“I know your pain, I know you’re hurt. We had an election that was stolen from us, it was a landslide election and everyone knows it, especially the other side,” Trump said in the video. “But you have to go home now, we have to have peace.”

The comments from both Biden and Trump came as protestors freely roamed the Capitol complex, including the Senate chamber, while falsely claiming that the president had won the 2020 race.

Multiple law enforcement officials said at least one person in the Capitol building had been shot, and that at least one improvised explosive device had been found on the grounds.

Vice President Mike Pence, who had been presiding over the count of Electoral College votes, was ushered out of the Senate rioters supporting his boss breached the complex. Pence and Sen. Charles Grassley, the president pro-tempore, were taken to a secure location.

A spokesperson for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that the Democratic leader was “safe.”

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[Yourwifesbf]

This country is officially a South Park episode.

[votefrmtherooftops]

The news and social media are rotting this country from the inside out. Why don’t people see it? We need to hold them accountable.

[trevorrogers]

America really was the second coming of the Roman Empire.

[mansourbellahel-hajj]

If a ww2 veteran and I mean who is left of them and see this mess you know what they shall say :
This is not the America my comrades died for, this is not America I fought for.

[MICHELRAYBROWN]

People in the United States are standing in food lines. And you give billions of dollars to other countries. Take care of the people in the United States.

[sherpashane]

Goodbye America, It's been an Honor : (

[ndsl]

Why u didn’t say that to BLM months ago

[chrisleskanic]

Defend the constitution! That's a good one why don't you do the same

[kuyaali]

Simply mind blowing. Chaos in Portland, Seattle, and other parts of the country.
And no word
Now the opposing side puts their work of a sudden there is chaos?

[johnbennett]

Welcome to the circus... This is the new show...

[samllovejoy]

He waited for someone to finish writing his speech

[Tomteleck]

People have been taught for the last year that violence and rioting is not only an acceptable form of political expression, but one that works on changing policy.
what did ya think would happen?

[nathanpeters]

Where was Biden when BLM and antifa were rooting???? Was he telling them to stop?

[chrish]

You ain't seen nothing yet..Wait for the

[DaBoyz]

Remember when this was happening 3 months ago, except cities burned down?

[matthewhunter]

How about democrats own up to civil discourse this last year and holding hands with the enemy, antifa & blm.

[tysonhawk]

His side rioted for how long? And what did he say?

[minecraftmarioboy]

Trump either fixes this mess or some mad lad breaks into the White House and grabs the nuclear codes.

[RasMerkabah]

Youtube will probably flip the Thumbs Up and Thumbs Down while we are sleeping tonight. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😎

[profesor]

Trump supporters just build autonomous zone on Capitol Hill, it's trendy now, no?