That, however, was to change when President Trump began to speak. Continuing to spew allegations of voter fraud, Trump said, “You don t concede when there s theft involved. Our country has had enough. We will not take it anymore.” He then directed the whole crowd to march on the Capitol when he exhorted, “After this, we re going to walk down – and I ll be there with you. We re going to walk down to the Capitol.”
Only an hour after the president had made his speech, the Capitol was being overwhelmed by protestors, many of whom began scaling the building s wall, breaking windows, overturning tables inside, and ripping photos from its walls. One image showed a protestor with his foot planted firmly on Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi s desk. Another startling image showed security officials aiming guns at protestors through a broken window. Others showed subdued protestors face down on the ground as police pointed weapons at them.
Asian stocks and U.S. stock futures rose on Thursday, while Treasury yields remained high and the dollar unwound overnight losses after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol and Democrats won control of the U.S. Senate after runoff races in Georgia.
World leaders have expressed their shock after supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump, encouraged by him, stormed https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/its-insurrection-biden-says-as-trump-supporters-storm-u-s-capitol-idUSKBN29B2PU the U.S. Capitol building.
Supporters of President Donald Trump staged rallies at statehouses across the United States on Wednesday, disrupting some official functions but remaining decidedly more subdued than protesters in Washington who stormed the U.S. Capitol to demand that Trump's election loss.
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday night joined the Senate in rejecting a move by allies of President Donald Trump to overturn Democrat Joe Biden's victory in Arizona, a vote delayed by rioters earlier pushing their way into the U.S. Capitol.