On the eve of Congress’s certification of the election results, Biden reflected on the anniversary of the attack on the Capitol on January 6th and criticized the role of the outgoing Trump in the incident. Biden believes that Trump’s actions following the 2020 presidential election posed a threat to democracy and incited angry supporters to storm the Capitol. Biden emphasized the importance of the United States returning to basic democratic norms and underscored the significance of remembering January 6th in an op-ed in The Washington Post. However, Trump described the day as one of “love” and “peace” despite the deaths of five people, hundreds of injuries, and federal charges filed for actions taken that day. In contrast, Biden stated that he will attend the inauguration ceremony in two weeks to uphold tradition and set an example.