Former President Barack Obama has declared that President
Donald Trump incited Wednesday’s attack on the United States Capitol.
Obama called the incident a great dishonor and shame for
America.
A violent protest erupted after Trump addressed his
followers, vowing “never to concede”.
The former leader said history will remember the incident
“incited by a sitting president who has continued to baselessly lie about the
outcome of a lawful election, as a moment of great dishonor and shame for our
nation”.
“We’d be kidding ourselves if we treated it as a total
surprise”, Obama’s statement read.
He noted that for two months, “a political party and its
accompanying media ecosystem has too often been unwilling to tell their
followers the truth”.
Obama said they have refused to admit that the November 3
battle at the poll was not a particularly close election and that
President-Elect Joe Biden will be inaugurated on January 20.
He regretted that their fantasy narrative has spiraled
further from reality, and builds upon years of sown resentments.
“We’re seeing the consequences, whipped up into a violent
crescendo. Republican leaders…can continue down this road and keep stoking the
raging fires or choose reality and take the first steps toward extinguishing
the flames,” he said.
Obama, however, commended members of Trump’s party for
speaking against the assault on America’s legislature.
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