Without using the former president's name, Joe Biden put the blame for the insurrection a year ago directly on the man who directed protestors to march to the nation's Capitol and force Congress to reject the election results and rename him as president for a second term.
"His bruised ego matters more to him than our democracy or our Constitution. He can't accept he lost," Biden said. He added that the former president "created and spread a web of lies about the 2020 election. He's done so because he values power over principle, because he sees his own interest as more important than his country's interest."
The former president responded by alleging that Biden "used my name today to try to further divide America."
Observers noted that Biden did not use any name, but instead referred to "the former president" nearly a dozen times in the speech.
Yesterday, Attorney General Merrick Garland said his agency will hold "all January 6 perpetrators, at any level, accountable under law -- whether they were present that day or were otherwise criminally responsible for the assault," a clear reference to the former president and his speech to demonstrators shortly before they invaded the Capitol.
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