“On this day two years ago, our democracy held, because we the people — as our Constitution refers to us — did not flinch; we the people endured; we the people prevailed,” Biden told a gathering in the East Room of the White House.
During the attack, supporters of former President Donald Trump broke through police barricades at the Capitol and entered the building to try to block the certification of the results of the 2020 presidential election. Trump had argued without evidence that the election had been stolen from him by voter fraud.
On Friday, Biden gave 12 honorees the Presidential Citizens Medal, the nation’s second-highest civilian award, calling them “patriots who have performed exemplary deeds in the service of this nation.”
They included seven members of law enforcement, including a posthumous award to Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who died in the days following the attack.
Sicknick’s estate filed a wrongful-death lawsuit Thursday against Trump, seeking $10 million in damages.
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