Bowling Green rally urges elected officials to accept election results after US Capitol breach
The League of Women Voters Bowling Green chapter urged election officials Wednesday to affirm the results of the 2020 election. Author: Michael Tatar (WTOL) Updated: 11:21 PM EST January 6, 2021
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio Like all of us, local voting advocates and party officials are in shock over the breach at the United States Capitol Building on Wednesday.
The non-partisan League of Women Voters held a pop-up rally in Bowling Green, calling on all elected officials and the public to accept the results of the 2020 election. But the event became even more meaningful when violent Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, disrupting Electoral College proceedings.
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For months, Donald Trump’s supporters have been warning about violence, civil war, and taking back the election .
On Thursday, Australian time, Trump supporters stormed Washington s Congress building - some with guns and other weapons - forcing the building into lockdown and prompting the emergency evacuation of politicians. One woman died.
The signs of an event like this have been circulating online for weeks, according to Advance Democracy, a US-based non-partisan group that conducts public interest research.
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In the last few days, there have been “unprecedented” calls for violence among Trump’s biggest supporters on the web, the group said.
U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist (D-FL13) issued a tweet calling for the removal of the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, as the United States Capitol Building was overtaken by a violent mob Wednesday.
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House Sergeant-at-Arms Paul Irving, a top Capitol security official, has resigned from his post, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said Thursday afternoon.
Pelosi has called for the termination of the Capitol Police chief, who she said is a responsible for Wednesday s security failure that allowed Trump supporters to storm the Capitol.
Sen. Chuck Schumer, who will soon be the Senate Majority Leader, said he intends to fire the Senate sergeant-at-arms.
A top congressional security official is resigning after Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday.
Pelosi said that House Sergeant-at-Arms Paul Irving, who reports directly to the speaker, has already submitted his resignation, according to multiple reports. Sen. Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat who will soon be the Senate Majority Leader, said that he intends to fire Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Mike Stenger.