Senator Tim Kaine calls out President Trump, says security plan at U.S. Capitol abysmal
Senator Tim Kaine recounts experience in Capitol WVIR By Daniel Grimes | January 12, 2021 at 1:10 PM EST - Updated January 12 at 6:50 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) -Senator Tim Kaine sat down with the University of Virginia Center for Politics Director Larry Sabato and recounted his experience during last weekâs insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Kaine called out President Donald Trump for enabling his supporters to storm the Capitol and called the security plan to protect legislators abysmal.
He says as a member of the Armed Services Committee he knows this could have been prevented.
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Holding
L. Lin Wood accountable for a “toxic stew of mendacity, prevarication and surprising incompetence” in the aftermath of the 2020 election, a Delaware judge ruled that the radical-right lawyer forfeited the right to represent
Carter Page in his courtroom.
“What has been shown in court decisions of our sister States satisfies me that it would be inappropriate and inadvisable to continue Mr. Wood’s permission to practice before this Court,” Delaware Superior Court Judge
Craig Karsnitz wrote in a passionate 8-page order. “I acknowledge that I preside over a small part of the legal world in a small state. However, we take pride in our bar.”
Faced with threats of move violence from Trump supporters, the National Guard was authorized to send up to 15,000 troops to Washington, and tourists were barred from visiting the Washington Monument
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After Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol yesterday, resulting in four deaths and several injuries, Congress reconvened and cemented Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential race. WAMC took to the streets today to speak with residents across the Northeast about how the events unfolded.
Raymond White, speaking to WAMC Thursday morning in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, says he couldn’t believe that the Capitol had been breached.
“It’s just crazy to me,” White said. “It’s still shocking, honestly. I’m still in awe that it even happened at all. It’s really scary. It’s really scary, the fact that that could even happen.”