Political Editor For Dailymail.comPublished: 17:59 EDT, 28 April 2021 | Updated: 20:53 EDT, 28 April 2021AdvertisementPresident Joe Biden will mention the January 6th Capitol riot in his speech to Congress during prime time tonight – while saying he assumed his office in a time of 'crisis. Advance excerpts of Biden's speech to lawmakers – in a more socially distant Capitol than usual amid the pandemic – will explicitly reference the MAGA riot on the day Congress met to count the electoral votes. He will call it 'the worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War.' A group of 200 lawmakers will be seated inside the House chamber that was breached by rioters on the day Congress met to count the electoral votes. Biden took the Oath of Office Jan. 20th after 400,000 Americans had died from the virus.

Source: The Nation April 29, 2021 00:56 UTC