‘You Held the Line’: Biden Honors Police, Poll Workers on Jan. 6
- Biden awards Presidential Citizens Medals to mark anniversary
- At Capitol, GOP struggles to elect new speaker after 13th vote
Joe Biden awards the Presidential Citizens Medal to 12 people in Washington DC on January 6.
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President Joe Biden marked the anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the US Capitol by honoring police officers and election officials, while the institution faces new tumult from Republican infighting over electing a House speaker.
“On this day two years ago, our democracy held because we the people — as the Constitution refers to us — we the people did not flinch. We the people endured. We the people prevailed,” Biden said during a White House ceremony Friday, two years after a violent mob, instigated by former President Donald Trump, stormed the Capitol building to try to stop the counting of Electoral College votes.