vice president kamala harris also spoke about what happened that day. here she is. what they were assaulting were the institutions that values the ideals that generations of americans have marched, picketed, and shed blood to establish and defend. the president s speech blamed the capitol riot on trump and his supporters. and the bbc s north america reporter antony zurcher noted a shift in tone. he wrote that biden s rhetorical shift could represent a strategic shift, as well a decision that the democratic base can most effectively be rallied with anger, not hope. and just minutes after president biden s speech ended, donald trump released his own written statement. he claimed that president biden used my name today to try to further divide america , and went on to repeat false claims about the 2020 election, which he lost. president biden was asked about that question of division, as he left the capitol building.