Demonstrations are being held in cities across the United States protesting Joe Biden's election win as a pro-Trump mob stormed the US Capitol building.
By Zach Harper
January 08, 2021 Celebrities were shocked on Jan. 6 after a group of people waving Trump flags broke into the United States Capitol building in Washington, D.C. during the counting of U.S. president-elect
Just after noon, Donald Trump held a rally in which he falsely stated he had actually won the 2020 U.S. election, and encouraged supporters to head to the Capitol building, where Joe s win was to be certified by lawmakers. According to
The New York Times, around 2:15 p.m., the counting of Electoral College votes in the Capitol building stopped as the security was breached by a group of Trump supporters, who overwhelmed Capitol police and stormed the building, smashing windows and eventually making their way into the Senate chamber. When there, they jumped all over seats and even occupied the dias chair, shouting that Trump had won the election. Lawmakers were inside at the time and sheltered in place.
Protesters backing President Donald Trump massed outside statehouses from Georgia to New Mexico on Wednesday, leading some officials to evacuate while cheers rang out at several demonstrations as a pro-Trump mob stormed the US Capitol. Hundreds of people gathered in state capitals nationwide to oppose President-elect Joe Biden s win, waving signs saying Stop the steal and Four more years. Most of them didn t wear masks amid the coronavirus pandemic, and some carried guns in places like Oklahoma, Georgia, Arizona and Washington state. There were some scuffles with counterprotesters in states like Ohio and California, and a newspaper photographer was pepper-sprayed by a protester in Utah, but most demonstrations were peaceful some of them quite small and only a few arrests were reported.
Will Not Be Intimidated : After Insurrection, Congress Blocks State Objections
Lawmakers on Wednesday blocked objections to President-elect Joe Biden s election win in Arizona and Pennsylvania Wednesday evening, paving the way for Congress to formalize Biden s victory.
The votes came after Congress reconvened hours after violent insurrectionists stormed the Capitol, forcing party leadership to evacuate the scene while rioters overtook the complex. The United States Senate will not be intimidated, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said as he returned to the Senate floor earlier in the evening. We will not be kept out of this chamber by thugs, mobs or threats. We will not bow to lawlessness or intimidation. We are back at our posts. We will discharge our duty under the Constitution and for our nation. And we re going to do it tonight.