Biden calls on US to defend democracy from forces both outside and in
In his State of the Union address, US President Joe Biden has said democracy in the United States must be defended. "Democracy must be defended," the 81-year-old said during the address on Thursday evening in Washington. "My predecessor — and some of you here — seek to bury the truth about January 6 — I will not do that," he said, referring to former US president Donald Trump and the storming of the US Capitol by Trump's supporters on January 6, 2021. The insurgents who came to Washington at that time to stop the peaceful transfer of power and reverse the will of the people were not patriots, ...