Live: Joe Biden to commemorate one-year anniversary of deadly assault on Capitol Hill

Published on : 01/06/2022 – 14:48

US President Joe Biden will deliver a much-anticipated speech on the one-year anniversary of the deadly assault on the Capitol in Washington. A speech that will mark the start of a series of commemorations of the event involving the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, and other leaders of Congress, mostly from the Democratic ranks.

A year after the assault on this symbolic place that left one dead, the American president will speak at 2 p.m. GMT in the “Hall of Statues” of the Capitol, in the company of Vice-President Kamala Harris.

It is in this same imposing setting that a year ago, the astonished United States and the world saw supporters of former US President Donald Trump parading, while outside others. rioters attacked the police.

Joe Biden has long chosen to treat his predecessor with contempt, for example by refusing to name him in public. But this time, the Democratic leader is determined to publicly mention the “special responsibility” of Donald Trump in this outburst of violence, the White House has already said.

Follow this speech live on France 24.

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