acknowledge joe now, but for weeks they didn t acknowledgejoe biden s victory either and nearly 130 republican still objected in the early hours joe biden was confirmed the election winner. through an age, donald trump tweeted, even though i totally disagree with the outcome of the election and the facts bear me out, never the less they will be an orderly transition in january the 20th. given the scenes in the capital building that the us was waking up to, that statement was the bare minimum he could have done and did not show the humility he needed to pull someone who instigated all this. that was certainly the message ofjoe biden. this. that was certainly the message of joe biden. the past four years we have had a president who has made his contempt for our democracy, our constitution, and the rule of law clear in everything he has done. and yesterday was the culmination of that. attack. in that time, curfew
the anger of this supporters, just before they stormed the capitol. others have simply resigned. the scenes we saw have left an indelible mark on this presidency, and the nation. our north america editorjon sopel starts our coverage. they can clean, repaint and put papers back and filing cabinets, they can easily spruce the place up, but none of it will remove the stain on american democracy. the trump supporting mob, the trump inspired rioters, in what is being described as an attempted insurrection, has certainly left their mark. the mob that descended on the capitol building probably couldn t believe how easy their task was. after security cordons crumbled, the thin blue line turned out to be painfully so. and if you want one image to highlight the inadequacy of the police response, look at this officer endlessly retreating one staircase at a time. in the chamber, plainclothes officers having to resort to barricading the doors, their weapons drawn to stop the
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