Mob attack showcases Capitol security failures By Associated Press | January 7, 2021 at 9:48 AM CST - Updated January 7 at 7:31 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) â The Latest on the fallout of the storming of the Capitol by a mob of pro-Trump loyalists (all times local):
8:10 p.m.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he has accepted the resignation of Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Michael Stenger a day after a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol.
The Kentucky Republican said Thursday in a statement that he had earlier requested the resignation and later received it. He says Stengerâs resignation is effective immediately.
McConnell says Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms Jennifer Hemingway will now be acting sergeant-at-arms.
President Donald Trump s desperate attempt to hold onto power reached a nadir early Thursday as Congress rejected attempts to throw out votes from several states, including Michigan, and finalized the electoral vote making Democrat Joe Biden the next president.
Biden will be inaugurated Jan. 20. The announcement of the official tally of the Electoral College vote for Biden was announced by Trump s vice president, Mike Pence, at about 3:40 a.m. after a tumultuous day that saw the U.S. Capitol attacked by supporters of Trump wanting Congress to overturn the results and legislators evacuated.
After suspending the count for some six hours while Capitol Police and law enforcement regained control of the Capitol, the House and Senate resumed sessions around 8 p.m., with leaders resolved to finalize the Electoral College count before adjourning. Biden, as expected won 306 votes to Trump s 232 votes, based on the results of the popular votes in the states.
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China’s internet erupts in mirth at America’s troubled democracy after supporters of President Donald Trump broke into the US Capitol, comparing the chaos to the Hong Kong anti-government protests of 2019.
State media tabloid Global Times tweets side-by-side photo comparisons of Hong Kong protesters occupying the city’s Legislative Council Complex in July 2019 with Wednesday’s Washington riots.
“@SpeakerPelosi once referred to the Hong Kong riots as ‘a beautiful sight to behold’,” the Global Times says in the tweet, referring to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s June 2019 comment about Hong Kong’s mass pro-democracy demonstrations, which were mostly peaceful at that time.
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