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Joe Biden: “Are we going to be a nation that accepts political violence as a norm? Or are we going to be a nation where we allow…”

On the recordJanuary 6, 2022
Are we going to be a nation that accepts political violence as a norm? Or are we going to be a nation where we allow partisan election officials to overturn the legally expressed will of the people. Are we going to be a nation that lives not by the light of the truth under the shadow of lies? You can't love your country only when you win. You can't obey the law only when it is convenient. You can't be patriotic when you embrace and enable lies.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware

Editor's note · Context

Biden questions the acceptance of political violence and the integrity of the electoral process during remarks on the anniversary of the Capitol insurrection.

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