News Analysis In a series of statements and memorials, Democrats worked to gain maximum political advantage from the first anniversary of the breach of the Capitol that occurred one year ago today. Republicans, who have a very different account of what happened, were mostly off stage. President Joe Biden didn’t utter Donald Trump’s name, but his predecessor might as well have been standing beside him as the present chief executive solemnly spoke Thursday in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall. “For the first time in our history, a president had not just lost an election, he tried to prevent the peaceful transfer of power as a violent mob breached the Capitol,” Biden said at the outset of his remarks. It was the first of 16 references by Biden to the man he defeated in November 2020. Then, declaring that what he was about to say was “God’s truth about January 6th, 2021,” …
Democrats’ Obsession With Trump Dominates January 6 Memorials on Capitol Hill
January 6, 2022
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