A COUP ATTEMPT | Valley reflects on insurrection at U.S. Capitol
As Congress went about its ceremonial business of certifying election results Wednesday afternoon, a mob of pro-Trump rioters invaded the U.S. Capitol, resulting in the death of at least one woman.
Jan 7, 2021 3:52 AM By: Mahoning Matters staff
From left: U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan of Howland, D-13th; Youngstown 6th Ward Councilwoman Anita Davis; Youngstown State University politics professor Paul Sracic; and attorney David Betras.
WASHINGTON As insurrectionists invaded the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday afternoon, Youngstown State University Professor Paul Sracic was thinking about a U.S. State Department-sponsored lecture he gave to an Afghani delegation in 2016.
Rep. Tim Burchett reflects on witnessing first hand the security breach at the U.S. Capitol.
At least one U.S. senator called for an investigation into the police response after Trump supporters gained access to the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, forcing the complex to lock down and Congress into a recess while crowds waving American, Confederate and pro-Trump flags descended on the steps outside the building.
Speaking with reporters on the Hill, Sen. Roy Blunt, a Republican from Missouri, called on the U.S. Capitol Police to conduct a swift internal review of what unfolded Wednesday in order to identify and correct any mistakes made before the presidential inauguration on Jan. 20.
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Jewish Groups Condemn Violent Protests at the Capitol
Various Jewish groups have issued statements condemning the violent mob at the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., on January 6.
Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) reported that those who are protesting the certification of the Electoral College vote for President-elect Joe Biden stormed the United States Capitol Building, causing members of Congress to evacuate their offices. At least one person has been shot, according to JTA, and that person has reportedly died.
Jewish groups condemned the violence.
“The right to protest is sacrosanct in American life,” Simon Wiesenthal Center Founder and Dean Rabbi Marvin Hier and Associate Director of Global Social Action Agenda Rabbi Abraham Cooper said in a statement. “But the very values and rights bestowed by our democracy are degraded and diminished when police officers have to draw their guns to protect our duly elected officials in the heart of our nation by violent protesters
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Every semester in my introductory American Government class, I have my students read a short speech written by a 28-year-old over 150 years ago. It turned into one of the most important speeches in American history, even though many people have forgotten it today. The speaker, a relatively unknown Midwestern lawyer, was concerned about a massive increase in mob violence in place of the rule of the government, the law and the courts.
The speaker, who was of course a young Abraham Lincoln, argued in his 1838 Lyceum Address that mob violence, by anyone, even in response to violence, had two basic problems: The mob might hurt innocent people and the lawless would not be punished. Over time this would lead to more lawbreaking and eventually dissolve the attachment of the people to their government. In short, mobs are anarchi