US Capitol violence: Facebook, Twitter block Donald Trump from posting over policy breach, appearing to exhort Washington rioters Donald Trump supporters swarmed the US Capitol, putting it on lockdown, as Vice-President Mike Pence rebuffed the president s demand to overturn his loss to Joe Biden FP Staff January 07, 2021 08:24:34 IST Supporters of President Donald Trump climb the west wall of the the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
In an unprecedented step, Facebook and Twitter suspended President Donald Trump from posting to their platforms Wednesday following the storming of the US Capitol by his supporters.
Storm on the Capitol: Our institutions will survive long after all of this
Supporters of President Donald Trump have stormed the US Capitol in the most violent rejection of Trump s election loss yet. Critics say the president is to blame for the unprecedented disregard for democracy.
Pro-Trump supporters rushed the US Capitol
Armed protesters storming a parliament building over the sounds of mayhem in the streets not a scene you re used to seeing in the United States. But after weeks of US President Donald Trump not accepting his election loss and telling his supporters to not let Democrats steal the election from them, that s exactly what was happening around the Capitol in Washington DC, on Wednesday afternoon.
Photo Credit: AP US President-elect Joe Biden
New Delhi: The US Congress today accepted the Electoral College result, which clears the way for Joe Biden to become president of the United States. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump has assured an orderly transition on January 20. “Even though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless there will be an orderly transition on January 20th. I have always said we would continue our fight to ensure that only legal votes were counted, the POTUS said in a statement.
At least four people have died and several others injured after thousands of angry supporters of President Trump stormed the US Capitol and clashed with police on Wednesday. The protesters targeted a constitutional process to affirm Joe Biden s victory in the presidential election. Many of the president s supporters called for their votes to be counted, demanding that the election results