FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden disembarks from Air Force One on route to Camp David, in Hagerstown, Maryland, U.S. February 12, 2021. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Saturday that the Senate's acquittal of former President Donald Trump for inciting an insurrection was a reminder that democracy was fragile, and every American had a duty to defend the truth.
"This sad chapter in our history has reminded us that democracy is fragile," Biden said in a statement issued hours after the Senate failed to muster the two-thirds majority needed to convict Trump.
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