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Biden, Trump respond to US Capitol violence

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US President-elect Joe Biden speaks at the Queen Theater on January 6, 2021, in Wilmington, Delaware. PHOTO | AFP

By  AFP

Wilmington

President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday denounced the storming of the US Capitol as an "insurrection" and demanded President Donald Trump go on television to call an end to the violent "siege."

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