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Violent protesters loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday and forced lawmakers into hiding, in a stunning attempt to overturn America’s presidential election, undercut the nation’s democracy and keep Democrat Joe Biden from replacing Trump in the White House.
The National Guard and state and federal police were called in for control, and the mayor of Washington imposed a rare evening curfew. One person was reported to have been shot.
The protesters were egged on for weeks by Trump, who since the November presidential election had launched a barrage of false attacks on the integrity of the results. While rallying his supporters outside the White House Wednesday morning, he urged them to march to the Capitol. But later — hours after they fought police and breached the building — he told them in a video that although they were “very special people” and he backed their cause, they should “go home in peace.”
Other than a pair of tweets and that minute-long video, Trump was largely disengaged from the occupation of a main seat of the nation’s government. It was Vice President Mike Pence, not Trump, who spoke with senior defense leaders about calling up the National Guard.
President-elect Biden, two weeks away from being inaugurated, had declared in Wilmington, Delaware: “I call on President Trump to go on national television now to fulfill his oath and defend the Constitution and demand an end to this siege.”
https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1346928009513750531?s=20
I am asking for everyone at the U.S. Capitol to remain peaceful. No violence! Remember, WE are the Party of Law & Order – respect the Law and our great men and women in Blue. Thank you!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2021
Biden said that democracy was “under unprecedented assault,” a sentiment echoed by many in Congress, including some Republicans.
Even for a Capitol building that has seen centuries of protests and even violence — including a 1954 shooting involving Puerto Rican nationalists — Wednesday’s events were astounding because they appeared to unfold at least initially with the blessing of the president and also because of the underlying goal of overturning the results of a lawful presidential election.
https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1346923111590088704?s=20
The chaotic protests halted Congress’ constitutionally mandated counting of the Electoral College results, in which Biden defeated Trump, 306-232. Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had tried to steer Congress away from Wednesday’s formal protest of those results, and he said at the start of proceedings that Trump had clearly lost.
Wednesday’s ordinarily mundane procedure of Congress certifying a new president was always going to be extraordinary, with Republican supporters of Trump vowing to protest election results that have been certified by the states. But even the unusual deliberations, which included Vice President Mike Pence and Senate Majority Leader McConnell defying Trump’s demands, were quickly overtaken by the chaos.
In a raucous, out-of-control scene, protesters fought past police and breached the building, shouting and waving Trump and American flags as they marched through the halls. One person was reported shot at the Capitol, according to a person familiar with the situation. That person’s condition was unknown. At least one explosive device was found but law enforcement said it did not pose a threat.
More than a dozen people were arrested.
As darkness began to set in, law enforcement officials worked their way toward the protesters, using percussion grenades to try to clear the area around the Capitol. Big clouds of tear gas were visible. Police in full riot gear moved down the steps, clashing with demonstrators.
It added up a frightening scene for lawmakers, who were directed to take extraordinary action for their own safety. The protesters abruptly interrupted the congressional proceedings in an eerie scene that featured official warnings directing people to duck under their seats for cover and put on gas masks after tear gas was used in the Capitol Rotunda. Some House lawmakers tweeted they were sheltering in place in their offices.
Rep. Scott Peters, D-Calif., told reporters he was in the House chamber when protesters began storming it. Security officers “made us all get down, you could see that they were fending off some sort of assault, it looked like. They had a piece of furniture up against the door, the door, the entry to the floor from the Rotunda, and they had guns pulled,” Peters said.
“And they just told us to take our pins off,” he added, referring to lapel pins members wear so Capitol Police can quickly identify them. Then the lawmakers were evacuated.
A clerk helped grabbed the boxes of Electoral College votes as the evacuation took place. Otherwis, said Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., the ballots likely would have been destroyed by the protesters.
Trump supporters posting on internet forums popular with far-right fringe elements celebrated the chaos. Messages posted on one turned from profane frustration over the content of Trump’s speech to glee when supporters stormed the building. At least one leading figure was livestreaming video from inside the Capitol during the siege.
The Pentagon said about 1,100 District of Columbia National Guard members were being mobilized to help support law enforcement at the Capitol.
Pence was closely watched as he stepped onto the dais to preside over the joint session in the House chamber.
Pence had a largely ceremonial role, opening the sealed envelopes from the states after they are carried in mahogany boxes used for the occasion, and reading the results aloud. But he was under growing pressure from Trump to overturn the will of the voters and tip the results in the president’s favor, despite having no legal power to affect the outcome.
“Do it Mike, this is a time for extreme courage!” Trump tweeted Wednesday.
But Pence, in a statement shortly before presiding, defied Trump, saying he could not claim “unilateral authority” to reject the electoral votes that make Biden president.
Despite Trump’s repeated claims of voter fraud, election officials and his own former attorney general have said there were no problems on a scale that would change the outcome. All the states have certified their results as fair and accurate, by Republican and Democratic officials alike.
Arizona was the first of several states facing objections from the Republicans as Congress took an alphabetical reading of the election results. Then the chaos erupted.
(AP)
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26 Responses
כל הכבוד to these noble protesters who are fighting for the absolute אמת because President Donald Trump was duly reelected, and these salacious democrats stole the election:- They must continue this protest unabated until the duly reelected president is duly re-inaugurated as per the law. אמת always will prevail, and biden shall go down in absolute misery for his burglary crimes.
Another law-and-order president whose supporters don’t know from law or order.
Of course there are very fine people on both sides. Very fine people.
What is the capital building?
Now its TrumpsLiveMatter. Not condoning it in any way but ita taste of their own medicine
I thought only antifa are lawless rioting thugs.
These anarchists’ Fearful Leader promised to lead them to the Capitol, instead he scurried back to the White House, probably hiding in the bunker.
A complete desecration of the United States and the rule of law.
mainstream media is beyond belief, guess what? all those stores that were looted after hours over the summer were also “breached” and that was real violence, no one stealing, murdering or vandalizing, just trying to get our voices heard!
Dump DemocRATs
And RINOs.
I am all in favor of arresting anyone violating law with violence. However, the courts should treat them with the same approach used with the BLM thugs in Portland and other cities. If that means letting them off scot free, so be it. These riots are not less legit that the chaos that was committed lzecher nishmas George Flloyd.
I put on a youtube stream of the rally for a moment after the news broke. I heard a speaker telling the crowd he hates Trump and Biden and they’re the same. Then I turned it off because the headline promised me they were Trump supporters like this one does.
when liberals prmote all types of hashcasha, then God-minded Americans will say we have had enough
Let have someone honest reporting. It was between 12-20 nuts who ran thru the building. 100% Antifa wearing Trump flags
This pack of lies from the AP is exactly why today’s events happened. Soap, ballot, jury, cartridge. When people see that they have no hope, that their country is being openly stolen in front of their eyes, and that the three boxes that are supposed to be their protection are failing, they will resort to the fourth box.
Trump bears some of the responsibility for today, to his shame, but much more of the responsibility falls on AP, CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, NYT, WaPo, Facebook, and Twitter, as well as Democrat mayors and district attorneys who gave Marxist rioters open permission to wreak havoc with a promise of no charges, while applying a completely different standard to the right. A law that applies only to some is no law, and without law people must act for themselves.
This is INSANE! It’s the death of democracy, hopefully paving the way for the reestablishment of malchus under the leadership of Moshiach ben Dovid.
The truth is that it was the Democrats who set the poor example 4 years ago, refusing to accept the election of Trump from Day 1. They went on a wild and untimately unsuccessful attempt to impeach him. And now, it’s the same story in reverse, but in a Wild West, less mannerly way. Each sore-loser style of protest matched the personal style of the loser. The Dems also set an example of lawlessness and rioting with the Geroge Floyd protests. It’s not about politics – it’s about a sick, self-centered society. Covid conquering the world is just a parable for how we are overtaken by foreign thoughts and feelings, thinking that we are in control. We are reminded from inside and out that if we want to exit golus, if we want to lead peaceful and functional lives, we need to know that Hashem pulls all the strings, be focused on doing His Will by thinking and acting with Torah values, taking responsibility and unselfishly caring about others’ needs.
Of course, amidst their reporting of the admittedly incredible disgrace that ensued today on Capitol Hill, the A.P. insists on inserting disgustingly misleading quotes of the president’s statement. Anyone who watches the statement (above) with an honest ear, can see that the president is speaking to the mob as one would speak to a deranged man intent on, say, blowing up a building. He speaks cautiously and with a tone clearly — CLEARLY — aimed at de-escalating the hotheaded feelings of the crowd. Thank you, Mr. President, for so skillfully calling on your supporters to stand down. I can’t wait to vote for you in four years!
Oops! Forgot the hashtag! #ap_hit_job
Wow. It’s not even Jan 20 and already the Democrats shot a 16-year-old peaceful protestor through the head China style.
I want what 147 is smoking
How many black owned businesses did the Trump supporters burn to the ground? Oh.
Re: Yt “What is the capital building?”
That’s where Capitol Records is headquartered, and these patriots are taking it down after noticing that it’s the only major record label that never published a Meat Loaf album. Ivanka Trump gave the signal in a tweet yesterday.
“the Democrats shot a 16-year-old peaceful protestor through the head China style.”
Liar. The shooting victim was a 14 year Air Force veteran and Trump supporter who was trying to lead a mob past police lines inside the Capitol building. She was shot by police in the chest, not the head. She was not Antifa.
“it was the Democrats who set the poor example 4 years ago, refusing to accept the election of Trump from Day 1”
Liar. Clinton conceded Wednesday morning. Trump still claims he won, and facilitated the attempted violent coup today.
“there are very fine people on both sides”
Like the guy in the Camp Auschwitz shirt! Very fine indeed!!!
These people only want to get their voices heard. Looks like this is he only way. Plus, now the media is talking about this, but when the democRATs did it to thousands of buisnessess the simply ignored it.
charlie hall
did you yell and scream when the antifa thugs looted and burned down many downtowns throughout America?
On 911 passengers on flight 93 sacrificed themselves to protect our Capital. On 1/6/21 Capital police posed for photos with American terrorists who violently invaded the capitol.