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2022-01-06 19:05:02 UTC
Fox News Anchors Gripe That Biden Didnt Show Enough Gratitude in
Aggressive Jan. 6 Speech
They come back, do the right thing and Joe Biden is inaugurated and he is
president, and we as a country have moved on, Perino said about the
aftermath of Jan. 6.
Justin Baragona
Published Jan. 06, 2022 12:02PM ET
Fox News anchors Dana Perino and Bret Baier took aim at President Joe
Biden on Thursday over the tone of his speech condemning the Jan. 6
insurrection, calling the presidents remarks aggressive and
political. Additionally, Perino griped that the president didnt show
enough gratitude that his 2020 election win was eventually certified.
Delivering a passionate 25-minute address to commemorate the one-year
anniversary of the Capitol riot, Biden blasted former President Donald
Trump without once mentioning his predecessor by name. Repeatedly
referring to the ex-president as defeated and failed, Biden noted that
Trump cant accept he lost while excoriating him for inciting the failed
coup attempt.
What did we not see?! Biden angrily exclaimed at one point. We didnt
see a former president who had just rallied the mob to attack, sitting in
the private dining room off the Oval Office in the White House watching it
all on television and doing nothing for hours as police were assaulted,
lives at risk, the nations Capitol under siege.
Immediately reacting to the speech, Perino lamented that the presidents
remarks were quite political and divisive in many ways, adding that
everyone has a choice on how they want to communicate. She then turned
to Baier, the networks chief political anchor, for his main takeaways.
It was as forceful, aggressive, pointedspecifically at the former
presidentas weve seen in a speech from President Biden since taking
office January 20 of last year, Baier said. Saying that former President
Trump values power versus principle. Talking about his bruised ego, about
the situation with the election, and all that he said about it. That he
refused to accept the results of the election and the will of the American
people.
Stating that he finds it hard to believe that Trump wont respond in
kind to Bidens speech, Baier went on to detail the arguments Trumps
allies will make against the Bidens Jan. 6 address.
Now, his supporters, the Trump supporters will say that the president in
that speech that day said you should march peacefully and patriotically to
the Capitol to make your voices heard, the veteran newsman declared.
They will say that he spoke out against political violence and they will
point to Democrats who didnt step up to speak out about political
violence around BLM protests that turned into riots and raids around the
country during that time.
At the same time, Baier said that day was different before bringing up
the fact that former Trump spokesperson Stephanie Grisham recently claimed
Trump was happily watching the riot unfold on television in his private
dining rooma point Biden made in his speech.
I think this is a hugely political speech but it was as aggressive as
weve seen President Biden since taking office, Baier added.
Trumps Favorite Part of Jan. 6 Is Laughing at the Trauma
After saying Republicans will likely attack Vice President Kamala Harris
for comparing Jan. 6 to Pearl Harbor and the 9/11 terror attack, Baier
then said the biggest image that everybody could take away from that day
is lawmakers coming back to the Capitol and certifying the election.
And this whole thing about democracy hanging in the balance, I think that
proved that the country was going to move forward, he continued.
Perino, meanwhile, would take those observations by Baier and run with
them.
The other thing is, Bret, were talking about choices and tones that you
can make when you are a president of the United States, she said. If
your instinct is to escalate rather than de-escalate attention and
division, then thats one way to go about it. And in some ways to me what
I thought today is the president missed an opportunity to talk about what
you just said, which is that our founding fathers were brilliant.
The former George W. Bush spokesperson then said that Biden could have
shown gratitude to those lawmakers who came back to the chamber after
being quite shaken and went about certifying the electoral results.
They come back, do the right thing and Joe Biden is inaugurated and he is
president, and we as a country have moved on, Perino added. We have a
lot of challenges that were dealing with but you could have talked about
the strength of our system and right now.
She concluded: It is very interesting there is an opportunity for the
president and Democrats to take the Republicans up on an offer. Mitch
McConnell brought this up. It would be to clarify the language in the
Electoral Count Act which isnt perfect and leads to a little speculation.
If they were to allow that clarification that Republicans are suggesting,
that actually would help prevent a future president from ever trying to do
something like that again.
Aggressive Jan. 6 Speech
They come back, do the right thing and Joe Biden is inaugurated and he is
president, and we as a country have moved on, Perino said about the
aftermath of Jan. 6.
Justin Baragona
Published Jan. 06, 2022 12:02PM ET
Fox News anchors Dana Perino and Bret Baier took aim at President Joe
Biden on Thursday over the tone of his speech condemning the Jan. 6
insurrection, calling the presidents remarks aggressive and
political. Additionally, Perino griped that the president didnt show
enough gratitude that his 2020 election win was eventually certified.
Delivering a passionate 25-minute address to commemorate the one-year
anniversary of the Capitol riot, Biden blasted former President Donald
Trump without once mentioning his predecessor by name. Repeatedly
referring to the ex-president as defeated and failed, Biden noted that
Trump cant accept he lost while excoriating him for inciting the failed
coup attempt.
What did we not see?! Biden angrily exclaimed at one point. We didnt
see a former president who had just rallied the mob to attack, sitting in
the private dining room off the Oval Office in the White House watching it
all on television and doing nothing for hours as police were assaulted,
lives at risk, the nations Capitol under siege.
Immediately reacting to the speech, Perino lamented that the presidents
remarks were quite political and divisive in many ways, adding that
everyone has a choice on how they want to communicate. She then turned
to Baier, the networks chief political anchor, for his main takeaways.
It was as forceful, aggressive, pointedspecifically at the former
presidentas weve seen in a speech from President Biden since taking
office January 20 of last year, Baier said. Saying that former President
Trump values power versus principle. Talking about his bruised ego, about
the situation with the election, and all that he said about it. That he
refused to accept the results of the election and the will of the American
people.
Stating that he finds it hard to believe that Trump wont respond in
kind to Bidens speech, Baier went on to detail the arguments Trumps
allies will make against the Bidens Jan. 6 address.
Now, his supporters, the Trump supporters will say that the president in
that speech that day said you should march peacefully and patriotically to
the Capitol to make your voices heard, the veteran newsman declared.
They will say that he spoke out against political violence and they will
point to Democrats who didnt step up to speak out about political
violence around BLM protests that turned into riots and raids around the
country during that time.
At the same time, Baier said that day was different before bringing up
the fact that former Trump spokesperson Stephanie Grisham recently claimed
Trump was happily watching the riot unfold on television in his private
dining rooma point Biden made in his speech.
I think this is a hugely political speech but it was as aggressive as
weve seen President Biden since taking office, Baier added.
Trumps Favorite Part of Jan. 6 Is Laughing at the Trauma
After saying Republicans will likely attack Vice President Kamala Harris
for comparing Jan. 6 to Pearl Harbor and the 9/11 terror attack, Baier
then said the biggest image that everybody could take away from that day
is lawmakers coming back to the Capitol and certifying the election.
And this whole thing about democracy hanging in the balance, I think that
proved that the country was going to move forward, he continued.
Perino, meanwhile, would take those observations by Baier and run with
them.
The other thing is, Bret, were talking about choices and tones that you
can make when you are a president of the United States, she said. If
your instinct is to escalate rather than de-escalate attention and
division, then thats one way to go about it. And in some ways to me what
I thought today is the president missed an opportunity to talk about what
you just said, which is that our founding fathers were brilliant.
The former George W. Bush spokesperson then said that Biden could have
shown gratitude to those lawmakers who came back to the chamber after
being quite shaken and went about certifying the electoral results.
They come back, do the right thing and Joe Biden is inaugurated and he is
president, and we as a country have moved on, Perino added. We have a
lot of challenges that were dealing with but you could have talked about
the strength of our system and right now.
She concluded: It is very interesting there is an opportunity for the
president and Democrats to take the Republicans up on an offer. Mitch
McConnell brought this up. It would be to clarify the language in the
Electoral Count Act which isnt perfect and leads to a little speculation.
If they were to allow that clarification that Republicans are suggesting,
that actually would help prevent a future president from ever trying to do
something like that again.