“For three hours, the defeated former President of the United States watched it all happen as he sat in the comfort of the private Dining Room next to the Oval Office. While he was doing that brave law enforcement officers are subjected to the medieval hell for three hours… The police were heroes that day. Trump didn’t have the courage to act… You can’t be pro-insurrection and pro-cop. You can’t be pro-insurrection and pro-democracy. You can’t be pro-insurrection and pro-American”
– President Joe Biden addressing the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives Conference virtually on Monday, via NBC News White House Correspondent Pete Alexander.