As the literal smoke cleared from the riots at the U.S. Capitol, the former presidents took to social media in a call for unity in our country.
Former President Jimmy Carter, who earlier this week, before violence erupted, said he was going to miss the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden due to the coronavirus pandemic, released a statement, saying in part, “I know that we the people can unite and walk back from this precipice to peacefully uphold the laws of our nation, and we must.”
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Statement from Jimmy Carter is below. pic.twitter.com/JawMunjeMT
— The Carter Center (@CarterCenter) January 7, 2021
Former President Bill Clinton called the events “an unprecedented assault on our Capitol, our Constitution, and our country.”
The match was lit by Donald Trump and his most ardent enablers, including many in Congress, to overturn the results of an election he lost.
— Bill Clinton (@BillClinton) January 7, 2021
The election was free, the count was fair, the result is final. We must complete the peaceful transfer of power our Constitution mandates.
If that’s who we really are, we must reject today’s violence, turn the page, and move forward together—honoring our Constitution, remaining committed to a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.
— Bill Clinton (@BillClinton) January 7, 2021
Former President George W. Bush called the attack “a sickening and heartbreaking sight.”
Statement by President George W. Bush on Insurrection at the Capitol pic.twitter.com/rF77j0fIBK
— George W. Bush Presidential Center (@TheBushCenter) January 6, 2021
While the most current former President, Barack Obama, had strong words about the administration and supporters: “History will rightly remember today’s violence at the Capitol, incited by a sitting president who has continued to baselessly lie about the outcome of a lawful election, as a moment of great dishonor and shame for our nation. But we’d be kidding ourselves if we treated it as a total surprise.”
Here’s my statement on today’s violence at the Capitol. pic.twitter.com/jLCKo2D1Ya
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) January 7, 2021
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