Biden ripped apart efforts to ‘erase’ the history of the Jan. 6 riots and said they would not be repeated this time.

President Joe Biden is condemning “relentless efforts” to downplay the mob of Donald Trump supporters who overran the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to stop the certification of the 2020 election. It’s a transition that will return Trump for a second term.

In an opinion piece published Sunday in the Washington Post, Biden recalled January 6, 2021, and wrote that “violent insurrectionists attacked the Capitol.”

“We should be proud that our democracy withstood these attacks,” Biden wrote. “And we should all be happy that we won’t see such shameful attacks again this year.”

Congress is scheduled to convene in the snow in Washington on Monday to certify Trump’s victory in the November presidential election. The meeting will be chaired by Vice President Kamala Harris, the candidate he defeated. This time, no violence or procedural objections are expected. This marks a return to the American tradition of beginning the peaceful transfer of presidential power.

President Trump continues to deny that he lost to Biden in 2020, has already publicly contemplated exceeding the constitutional limit of two terms in the White House, and 1,250 people have pleaded guilty or been convicted of crimes. This is despite promises to pardon some of these people. Siege of the Capitol.

“After what we all witnessed on January 6, 2021, we know we can never take it for granted again,” Biden said of the certification process in his opinion piece. Although he did not mention Trump directly, he said, “There is a constant effort going on to rewrite or even erase the history of that day.”

“To say that we all did not see what we saw with our own eyes,” Biden wrote. “We cannot allow the truth to be lost.”

He pledged, “The election will be held peacefully.” “I invited the president-elect to the White House on the morning of January 20th and will attend his inauguration that afternoon.” Although Trump skipped Biden’s inauguration in 2021.

But this day we cannot forget,” Biden added. “We must resolve every year to remember January 6, 2021. To remember it as a day when our democracy was tested and triumphed. “Remember that even in America democracy is by no means guaranteed.”

The article comes after Biden told reporters at the White House on Sunday morning that the history of the events of January 6, 2021, “should not be rewritten,” adding, “I don’t think we should be forgotten.”

Biden has spent much of 2024 warning voters that Trump poses a serious threat to the country’s democracy. And last week, the president awarded the Presidential Citizen’s Medal to Liz Cheney and Benny Thompson, who led the congressional investigation into the Capitol riot.

Biden used Sunday’s comments to reporters, as he did in his opinion pieces, to emphasize that his administration, unlike last time, is overseeing a peaceful transfer of power.

Biden said of Trump’s incoming administration that he had “reached out to ensure a smooth transition.” “We must return to basic, normal transfers of power.”

Asked whether he still viewed his soon-to-be successor in the White House as a threat to democracy, Biden responded, “I think what he’s done is a real threat to democracy.” Now we hope we have gone beyond that.”