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Biden s claim that the Capitol Riot was the worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War is ahistorical garbage.
As President Biden wrapped up a 65-minute joint address to Congress to mark his administration s first 100 days, what was shared in the lead-up to his speech sowed discord over the entire affair:
Biden to refer to Jan 6 insurrection as “the worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War” in speech tonight. pic.twitter.com/rW6L2ybDRQ Jim Acosta (@Acosta) April 28, 2021
Sure enough, the President delivered on this. Opening his address, Biden stated, I took the oath of office lifted my hand off our family Bible and inherited a nation in crisis. The worst pandemic in a century. The worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. The worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War.