OF CONGRESS CALL HIM OUT AND BEG
HIM TO USE HIS SOCIAL MEDIA
PLATFORM TO GET PEOPLE.
HERE IS JOE BIDEN.
>> -- AN CONVENIENCE AND I’M
SORRY FOR THE REASON WE’VE
DELAYED -- I’VE DELAYED COMING
OUT TO SPEAK TO YOU.
I INITIALLY WAS GOING TO TALK
ABOUT THE ECONOMY, BUT ALL OF
YOU, ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN
WATCHING WHAT I’VE BEEN
WATCHING.
AT THIS HOUR OUR DEMOCRACY IS
UNDER UNPRECEDENTED ASSAULT.
UNLIKE ANYTHING WE’VE SEEN IN
MODERN TIMES.
ASSAULT ON THE CITADEL OF
LIBERTY, THE CAPITOL ITSELF.
AN ASSAULT ON THE PEOPLE’S
REPRESENTATIVES AND THE CAPITOL
HILL POLICE, SWORN TO PROTECT
THEM
THEM, AND THE PUBLISH SERVEC SER
WHO WORK AT THE HEART OF OUR
REPUBLIC.
AN ASSAULT ON THE RULE OF LAW
LIKE FEW TIMES WE HAVE EVER SEEN
IT.
AN ASSAULT ON THE MOST SACRED OF
AMERICAN UNDERTAKINGS, THE DOING
OF THE PEOPLE’S BUSINESS.
LET ME BE VERY CLEAR.
THE SCENES OF CHAOS AT THE
CAPITOL DO NOT REFLECT A TRUE
AMERICA.
DO NOT REPRESENT WHO WE ARE.
WHAT WE’RE SEEING ARE A SMALL
NUMBER OF EXTREMISTS DEDICATED
TO LAWLESSNESS.
THIS IS NOT DISSENT, IT’S
DISORDER.
IT’S CHAOS.
IT BORDERS ON SEDITION AND IT
MUST END.
NOW.
I CALL ON THIS MOB TO PULL BACK
AND ALLOW THE WORK OF DEMOCRACY
TO GO FORWARD.
YOU HEARD ME SAY BEFORE IN
DIFFERENT CONTEXTS THE WORDS OF
A PRESIDENT MATTER, NO MATTER
HOW GOOD OR BAD THAT PRESIDENT
IS.
AT THEIR BEST THE WORDS OF A
PRESIDENT CAN INSPIRE.
AT THEIR WORST, THEY CAN INCITE.
THEREFORE, I CALL ON PRESIDENT
TRUMP TO GO ON NATIONAL
TELEVISION NOW TO FULFILL HIS
OATH AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION
AND DEMAND AN END TO THIS SIEGE.
TO STORM THE CAPITOL, TO SMASH
WINDOWS, TO OCCUPY OFFICES, THE
FLOOR OF THE UNITED STATES
SENATE, RUMMAGING THROUGH DESKS,
ON THE CAPITOL -- ON THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES, THREATENING
THE SAFETY OF DULY ELECTED
OFFICIALS.
IT’S NOT PROTESTS, IT’S
INSURRECTION.
THE WORLD IS WATCHING.
LIKE SO MANY OTHER AMERICANS I
AM GENUINELY SHOCKED AND
SADDENED THAT OUR NATION SO LONG
THE BEACON OF LIGHT AND HOPE FOR
DEMOCRACY HAS COME TO SUCH A
DARK MOMENT.
THROUGH WAR AND STRIFE AMERICA
HAS ENDURED MUCH AND WE WILL
ENDURE HERE AND WE WILL PREVAIL
AGAIN AND WE WILL PREVAIL NOW.
THE WORK OF THE MOMENT AND THE
WORK OF THE NEXT FOUR YEARS MUST
BE THE RESTORATION OF DEMOCRACY,
OF DECENCY, HONOR, RESPECT.
THE RULE OF LAW.
JUST PLAIN, SIMPLE DECENCY.
THE RENEWAL OF THE POLITICS
THAT’S ABOUT SOLVING PROBLEMS,
LOOKING OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER, NOT
STOKING THE FLAMES OF HATE AND
CHAOS.
AS I SAID, AMERICA IS ABOUT
HONOR, DECENCY, RESPECT,
TOLERANCE.
THAT’S WHO WE ARE.
THAT’S WHO WE’VE ALWAYS BEEN.
THE CERTIFICATION OF THE
ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTE IS
SUPPOSED TO BE A SACRED RITUAL.
THE PURPOSE IS TO AFFIRM THE
MAJESTY OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY,
BUT TODAY’S REMINDER, A PAINFUL
ONE, THAT DEMOCRACY IS FRAGILE
AND TO PRESERVE IT REQUIRES
PEOPLE OF GOOD WILL, LEADERS
WITH THE COURAGE TO STAND UP WHO
ARE DEVOTED NOT TO THE PURSUIT
OF THE POWER OR THE PERSONAL
INTERESTS PURSUITS OF THEIR OWN
SELFISH INTERESTS AT ANY COST,
BUT OF THE COMMON GOOD.
THINK WHAT OUR CHILDREN WATCHING
TELEVISION ARE THINKING.
THINK WHAT THE REST OF THE WORLD
IS LOOKING AT.
FOR NEARLY TWO AND A HALF
CENTURIES WE THE PEOPLE IN
SEARCH OF A MORE PERFECT UNION
HAVING KEPT OUR EYES ON THAT
COMMON GOOD.
AMERICA IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN
WHAT WE’RE SEEING TODAY.
WATCHING THE SCENES FROM THE
CAPITOL I WAS REMINDED AS I
PREPARED OTHER SPEECHES IN THE
PAST, I WAS REMINDED OF THE
WORDS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN HIS
ANNUAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS WHOSE
WORK HAS TODAY BEEN INTERRUPTED
BY CHAOS.
HERE IS WHAT LINCOLN SAID, HE
SAID, WE SHALL NOBLY SAVE OR
MERELY LOSE THE LAST BEST HOPE
ON EARTH.
THE WAY IS PLAIN, PEACEFUL,
GENEROUS, JUST.
A WAY WHICH IF FOLLOWED THE
WORLD WILL FOREVER APPLAUD AND
GOD MUST FOREVER BLESS.
THE WAY IS PLAIN HERE, TOO.
THAT’S WHO WE ARE. IT’S THE WAY OF DEMOCRACY, OF
IT’S THE WAY OF DEMOCRACY, OF
RESPECT, OF DECENCY, OF HONOR
AND COMMITMENT AS PATRIOTS TO
THIS NATION.
NOTWITHSTANDING WHAT I SAW
TODAY, WE’RE SEEING TODAY, I
REMAIN OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE
INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITIES.
THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANYTHING WE
CAN’T DO WHEN WE DO IT TOGETHER.
AND THIS GOD AWFUL DISPLAY TODAY
IS BRINGING HOME TO EVERY
REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT AND
INDEPENDENT IN THE NATION THAT
WE MUST STEP UP.
THIS IS THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
THERE’S NEVER EVER, EVER, EVER,
EVER BEEN A THING WE’VE TRIED TO
DO THAT WE’VE DONE IT TOGETHER
WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO IT.
SO, PRESIDENT TRUMP, STEP UP.
MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA AND MAY
GOD PROTECT OUR TROOPS AND ALL
THOSE FOLKS AT THE CAPITOL WHO
ARE TRYING TO PRESERVE ORDER.
THANK YOU AND I’M SORRY TO HAVE