we the people endured. we the people prevailed. for the first time in our history a president had not just lost an election, he tried to prevent the peaceful transfer of power as a violent mob breached the capitol. but they failed. they failed. on this day of remembrance let us make sure that such an attack never, never happens again. i m speaking to you today from statuary hall in the united states capitol. this is where the house of representatives met for 50 years in the decades leading up to the civil war. on this floor is where a young congressman from illinois, abraham lincoln, sat at desk 191. above him, above us, over that door leading into the rotunda is
democracy or our constitution. he can t accept he lost, even though that s what 93 united states senators, his own attorney general, his own vice president, governors and state officials in every battle ground state have all said. he lost. that s what 81 million of you did as you voted for a new way forward. he has done what no president in american history, the history of this country has ever, ever done, he refused to accept the results of an election and the will of the american people. while some courageous men and women in the republican party are standing against it, trying to uphold the principle of that party, too many others are transforming that party into something else. they seem no longer to want to be the party, a party of lincoln, eisenhower, reagan, the
this morning, he ll be soon back issuing false statement after false statement. i was glad joe biden called him out today. i was glad he was as forceful as he was. we can t mince words about the danger to our democracy, and that danger is posed by that former president and the lies that he is spewing, so i think we saw very powerful address by joe biden today. i think it was heartening to hear that vigorous defense of democracy and we all ought to view this day as a day of awakening. congressman schiff, thank you so much for joining me this morning. i appreciate it on this historic day. that wraps up this hour. special coverage to mark one year since at tack on the capitol had will continue all day right here on msnbc. my colleague and friend jose diaz-balart picks up coverage right now.
hearts and their brain of brains almost doesn t matter because all of the actions show us that they do seem to believe t and more importantly, they re operating within this country, changing election laws based on that lie. you have a republican party that has been white washing this as everyone has been saying, but also how they can t untie the big lie, the lie about this election, from the voting rights and the tightening of voting restrictions around the country. i will put an even finer point on it, if these were black and brown people, people who were blm protesters or something like that it would have been a completely different day than we saw that day and i think that s something that this white house and this president are grappling with. i m going to interrupt. we are seeing coming to the podium vice president kamala harris and president biden. kamala harris beginning her remarks momentarily. fellow americans, good morning. certain dates echo throughout
in effect the party s leader. you have a dynamic where this event that took place a year ago is just one more partisan reg wedge in our ongoing ideological cultural war where we see this now through our own separate partisan lens, if you are a democrat or some republicans, many republicans, you see it as an assault on democracy. if you are a trump supporter, you see it as monica said a legitimate protest that got out of hand and that the real crime was this supposedly stolen election, for which, of course, there s absolutely no evidence whatsoever. and the statement put out by republicans today who are not attending these events are mostly attacks on president biden, the democrats, for failed policies in their view in making this event partisan. it s a real divide. we are no longer united, we probably weren t very united even then a year ago, but today even less so. despite the fact, garrett, that on january 6th they were coming for the establishment, democrats, republicans, mike pen