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Russia, China and Iran have mocked the United States after the storming of the Congress on Wednesday.
Konstantin Kosachyov, the chair of the Russian upper hous
China Mocks US Over Capitol Invasion By Trump’s Supporters
The state media tabloid, Global Times, on Thursday morning tweeted side-by-side photo comparisons of Hong Kong protesters occupying the city’s Legislative Council Complex in July 2019 with Wednesday’s Washington, D. C. riots.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Jan 07, 2021
China has ridiculed the United States on the Internet likening the civil unrest in the country following the invasion of the US Capitol by President Donald Trump s supporters to the violence that occurred in the Hong Kong anti-government protests of 2019.
The state media tabloid, Global Times, on Thursday morning tweeted side-by-side photo comparisons of Hong Kong protesters occupying the city’s Legislative Council Complex in July 2019 with Wednesday’s Washington, D. C. riots.
Imogen Braddick
Updated: 7 Jan 2021, 12:22
CHINA has shockingly celebrated the deadly US Capitol riots as a beautiful sight while Iran mocked the country s frail democracy.
Hundreds of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building last night as bloody clashes erupted in Congress.
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An explosion is seen outside the Capitol where at least four people diedCredit: Reuters
The violence erupted as pro-Trump rioters fought cops and pushed their way inside the building as members of Congress were meeting to vote and certify Joe Biden as the winner of the presidential election.
Iran s president Hassan Rouhani said the riots proved the weakness of Western democracy, while officials in China and Russia compared the bloody scenes to protests in Hong Kong and Ukraine.
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Iranian president Hassan Rouhani comments on US Capitol storming by Trump supporters. Photograph: Iranian presidential office/EPA
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In much of the world, the scenes that played out in Washington on Wednesday prompted shock, horror and anguish.
But in Moscow, Beijing and other capitals where autocratic governments have been subjected to frequent US criticism, there was a good dose of schadenfreude at the chaotic footage of protesters overrunning Congress. The events were also held up by many authoritarian governments as proof of a long-held insistence that the US is in no place to give other nations lectures on democracy.