Why Joe Bidenâs Summit for Democracy wonât save democracy Search straight to your inbox! with exclusive French content. Subscribe to Dispatches. Why Joe Bidenâs Summit for Democracy wonât save democracy American stewardship of a summit on renewing global democracy feels like an old solution to a new problem 25 January, 2021 Then-president-elect Joe Biden arrives in Georgia to campaign with Democratic candidates for the U.S. Senate in January 2021. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images On January 6, 2021, as U.S. elected officials met to certify the 2020 presidential electionâs results in Washington D.C., a few hundred pro-Trump rioters breached the outer walls of the Capitol building, home to the House and Senate, before being met with a delayed police response. The clashes led to the shooting and eventual death of one female rioter.