Biden knocks Republicans for downplaying  Jan 6 Congress attack

Biden knocks Republicans for downplaying  Jan 6 Congress attack


US President Joe Biden said Wednesday that Republicans should be ashamed of supporting an effort by Fox News to play down the seriousness of the January 6, 2021 assault on Congress by a mob of Donald Trump supporters.

“More than 140 officers were injured on Jan 6. I’ve said before: How dare anyone diminish or deny the hell they went through?” Biden tweeted. “I hope House Republicans feel ashamed for what was done to undermine our law enforcement.”

Biden expressed support for the Capitol Hill police, whose chief has accused Fox News presenter Tucker Carlson of manipulating video footage of the unprecedented assault after Trump’s election defeat.

In a statement, Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger said Carlson’s show aired this week was “filled with offensive and misleading conclusions.”

The January 6 assault saw Trump supporters — told for weeks by Trump himself that the election was not fair — smashing their…

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