BELARUS/JOE BIDEN: “For more than six weeks, the people of Belarus have courageously stood up to a dictator to demand their democratic rights and freedoms. Rather than accept their calls for new elections, Alexander Lukashenka has met these peaceful expressions of freedom with brutal violence — by unleashing his thugs to beat, detain, torture, rape, and disappear protestors exercising their basic right of free expression…
As President, I will defend our democratic values and stand with those who share them, as I stand with the people of Belarus today.”
-Joe Biden, “Pro-Democracy Movement In Belarus – Statement By Vice President Joe Biden,” joebiden.com, Sep. 25, 2020