“Disorder, not dissent, borders on sedition”: Joe Biden opposes U.S. Capitol abuse

US President-elect Joe Biden has said the tumultuous scenes “do not represent who we are” at the US Capitol. It was labeled chaos and not dissent by Biden, who is just days away from his inauguration.

“Let me be very clear: the scenes of chaos at the Capitol do not represent who we are. What we are seeing is a small number of extremists dedicated to lawlessness. This is not dissent, it’s disorder. It borders on sedition, and it must end. Now,” Biden said on Twitter.

“Today is a reminder, a painful one, that democracy is fragile. To preserve it requires people of good will, leaders with the courage to stand up, who are devoted not to pursuit of power and personal interest at any cost, but to the common good,” he further said in his latest tweet.

On Wednesday, hundreds of supporters of President Donald Trump invaded the US Capitol in an effort to reverse his electoral defeat, occupy the icon of American democracy, and compel Congress to briefly delay a session to certify Biden’s presidential election win on November 3.

Police rescued senators and fought for more than three hours to clear Trump backers from the Capitol, who surged through the halls and rummaged through offices in shocking scenes of chaos and mayhem.

One woman died, Washington police said, after being shot during the Mayhem. The FBI said two alleged explosive devices had been disarmed by it.

The police deemed the Capitol building safe hours later and the lawmakers resumed their procedure of election certification.
“To those who wreaked havoc in our Capitol today – you did not win,” Vice President Mike Pence said as the session resumed. “Let’s get back to work,” he said, drawing applause.

The tumultuous scenes erupted after Trump, who refused to agree to a negotiated transition of power if he lost before the election, addressed thousands of supporters at the White House, repeating false allegations that because of systematic manipulation and irregularities, the election was taken from him.

Trump told backers they should march on the Capitol and demonstrate their outrage at the electoral process and express their anger at the voting process.