US President-elect Joe Biden addressing the attack on the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday as Congress held a joint session to certify the 2020 election results. Photo: Reuters US President-elect Joe Biden addressing the attack on the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday as Congress held a joint session to certify the 2020 election results. Photo: Reuters
US President-elect Joe Biden addressing the attack on the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday as Congress held a joint session to certify the 2020 election results. Photo: Reuters
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US President-elect Joe Biden calls protesters ‘extremists’ and the attack on the Capitol an ‘insurrection’

  • Calls for Trump to ‘defend the Constitution and demand an end to this siege’
  • Trump releases video that asks them to ‘go home now’, but does not denounce their actions and still falsely claims the election was ‘stolen’

Topic |   US Presidential Election 2020
Jacob Fromer
Jacob Fromer in Washington

Updated: 3:33pm, 7 Jan, 2021

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US President-elect Joe Biden addressing the attack on the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday as Congress held a joint session to certify the 2020 election results. Photo: Reuters US President-elect Joe Biden addressing the attack on the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday as Congress held a joint session to certify the 2020 election results. Photo: Reuters
US President-elect Joe Biden addressing the attack on the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday as Congress held a joint session to certify the 2020 election results. Photo: Reuters
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