Video shows President Joe Biden delivering new remarks on the Capitol insurrection.
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No, President Joe Biden’s comments on the Capitol insurrection aren’t new
A video clip of President Joe Biden speaking about the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection on the U.S. Capitol is being wrongly characterized as "new remarks."
"Joe Biden: New remarks on Jan 6," text over the video says in a March 6 Instagram post.
Biden says: "One Capitol police officer called it a medieval battle. He said he was more afraid in the Capitol of the United States of America in the chambers than when he was fighting as a soldier in the war in Iraq."
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The footage is authentic, but it’s not new. It’s from Jan. 5, 2024, when Biden spoke on the eve of the attack’s third anniversary.
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The White House, Remarks by President Biden on the Third Anniversary of the January 6th Attack and Defending the Sacred Cause of American Democracy | Blue Bell, PA, Jan. 5, 2024
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