President Joe Biden celebrated the prosecution of hundreds of his chief political rival’s supporters Friday, nearly three years after the January 6, 2021, storming of the U.S. Capitol.
Biden appeared before a crowd in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania — near Valley Forge — on Friday afternoon, to address the January 6 Capitol riot, focusing his speech on former President Donald Trump and his supporters.
“Since that day, more than 1,200 people have been charged for their assault on the Capitol, and nearly 900 of them have been convicted or pled guilty. Collectively to date, they have been sentenced to more than 840 years in prison,” Biden said to the applause of the crowd.
“What’s Trump done? Instead of calling them criminals, he’s called these insurrectionists ‘patriots’ … and he promises to pardon them if he returns to office,” Biden added. “Trump said they’re was a lot of love on January 6. The rest of the nation, including law enforcement, saw a lot of hate and…