Canada’s prime minister responded to the shocking events in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.
Justin Trudeau said Canadians are “deeply disturbed and saddened by the attack on democracy in the United States.”
He called the U.S. “our strongest and closest ally,” adding democracy in the U.S. must be upheld and it will be.
Canadians are deeply disturbed and saddened by the attack on democracy in the United States, our closest ally and neighbour. Violence will never succeed in overruling the will of the people. Democracy in the US must be upheld – and it will be.
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) January 6, 2021
Former U.S. president George W. Bush called the violence “sickening and heartbreaking.”
Barack Obama said, “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.”
He noted it also shouldn’t be a surprise.
Another former president, Bill Clinton, said the assault was fueled by four years of “poison politics, spreading deliberate misinformation and pitting Americans against one another.”
Today we faced an unprecedented assault on our Capitol, our Constitution, and our country.
The assault was fueled by more than four years of poison politics spreading deliberate misinformation, sowing distrust in our system, and pitting Americans against one another.— Bill Clinton (@BillClinton) January 7, 2021
Here’s my statement on today’s violence at the Capitol. pic.twitter.com/jLCKo2D1Ya
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) January 7, 2021
