{"id":584535,"date":"2021-07-06T20:05:19","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T00:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=584535"},"modified":"2021-07-06T20:05:24","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T00:05:24","slug":"existential-crisis-president-biden-marks-6-months-since-january-6-capitol-riots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/existential-crisis-president-biden-marks-6-months-since-january-6-capitol-riots\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Existential Crisis\u2019: President Biden Marks 6 Months Since January 6 Capitol Riots"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexistential-crisis-president-biden-marks-6-months-since-january-6-capitol-riots%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=584535&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Joe Biden marked the six-month anniversary since pro-Trump rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, once again condemning the attackers and offering condolences to the families of Capitol police officers.<\/p>\n<p>House Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/30\/house-of-representatives-capitol-riot-donald-trump-nancy-pelosi-kevin-mccarthy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">passed a resolution<\/a> last week creating a select committee to investigate the circumstances surrounding the Jan. 6 riot. The pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol in an attempt to halt the certification of Biden\u2019s victory in the 2020 election, which former President Donald Trump falsely claimed to be fraudulent or \u201crigged.\u201d At least two rioters <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/08\/four-people-died-capitol-riot-ashli-babbit-kevin-greeson-benjamin-phillips-rosanne-boyland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">died as a direct result of the violence<\/a>, Ashli Babbitt and Rosanne Boyland. At least two Capitol Hill Police officers committed suicide within weeks of the attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot even during the Civil War did insurrectionists breach our Capitol, the citadel of our democracy. But six months ago today, insurrectionists did. They launched a violent and deadly assault on the people\u2019s house, on the people\u2019s representatives, and on the Capitol police sworn to protect them, as our duly elected Congress carried out the sacred ritual of our republic and certified the Electoral College vote,\u201d Biden said in a statement. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/28\/pelosi-legislation-select-committee-capitol-riot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Pelosi Introduces Legislation Creating Select Committee To Investigate Capitol Attack)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was not dissent. It was disorder. It posed an existential crisis and a test of whether our democracy could survive \u2014 a sad reminder that there is nothing guaranteed about our democracy,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7212760\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"38\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7212760\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7212760\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1230454607-scaled-e1623451550687.jpg\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. Trump supporters gathered in the nation&#039;s capital today to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden&#039;s Electoral College victory over President Trump in the 2020 election. (Photo by Samuel Corum\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1230454607-scaled-e1623451550687.jpg 2540w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1230454607-scaled-e1623451550687-279x120.jpg 279w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1230454607-scaled-e1623451550687-620x267-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1230454607-scaled-e1623451550687-768x331-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1230454607-scaled-e1623451550687-1536x661-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1230454607-scaled-e1623451550687-2048x882-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2540px) 100vw, 2540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7212760\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 JANUARY 06: Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. Trump supporters gathered in the nation\u2019s capital today to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden\u2019s Electoral College victory over President Trump in the 2020 election. (Photo by Samuel Corum\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cBut while it shocked and saddened the nation and the world, six months later, we can say unequivocally that democracy did prevail \u2014 and that we must all continue the work to protect and preserve it,\u201d he continued. \u201cThat requires people of goodwill and courage to stand up to the hate, the lies, and the extremism that led to this vicious attack, including determining what happened so that we can remember it and not bury it hoping we forget.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi announced that the select committee on Jan. 6 will include 13 members, with eight Democrats and five Republicans. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/07\/01\/pelosi-taps-cheney-for-jan-6-select-committee-497533\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">threatened<\/a> any Republican representative who joins the House select committee on Jan. 6 with the removal of all committee appointments, however.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, Republican Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney has announced that she will join the committee after accepting an appointment from Pelosi. She and Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger were the only House Republicans to back the committee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden marked the six-month anniversary since pro-Trump rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, once again condemning the attackers and offering condolences to the families of Capitol &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2314128,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1230454607-scaled-e1623451550687.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Existential Crisis\u2019: President Biden Marks 6 Months Since January 6 Capitol Riots","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-584535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1230454607-scaled-e1623451550687.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Existential Crisis\u2019: President Biden Marks 6 Months Since January 6 Capitol Riots","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}