Trump backtracks amid calls for removal
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(NBC News) As calls for his removal from office grow, President Trump is backtracking, acknowledging President-elect Joe Biden’s victory and promising action against his own supporters who rioted at the U.S. Capitol.
Five people, including a Capitol Police officer, died in the rioting.
“A new administration will be inaugurated on January 20th,” Mr. Trump says in a video released Thursday evening.
“To those who broke the law, you will pay,” he adds.
More than 200 lawmakers want the president removed using the 25th Amendment or impeached for inciting the riot, including at least one Republican.
Inslee, entire Democratic Wash. Congressional members call to remove Trump from office KOMO News Staff
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WASHINGTON, D.C. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has joined all of the state s entire Democratic Congressional members in calling for Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment in order to remove President Donald Trump from office or use Congress to impeach the president a second time in the wake of pro-Trump supporters storming the U.S. Capitol Wednesday. Four people died during the insurrection.
Joining Inslee are Washington Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, along with the 7 Democratic members of the House: Rep. Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02), Rep. Derek Kilmer (WA-06), Rep. Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Rep. Kim Schrier (WA-08), Rep. Adam Smith (WA-09), and Rep. Marilyn Strickland (WA-10).
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A mob of violent protesters made its way into the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, forcing police to evacuate lawmakers and delaying the constitutional process to affirm President-Elect Joe Biden’s victory in the November election.
Schumer: Today will go down as one of the darkest days of recent American history
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. Source: Senate TV
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer this evening delivered a powerful condemnation of the events that transpired in the US Capitol today and lay the blame for the violence on President Trump. This temple to democracy was desecrated, he said, speaking moments after the Senate had reconvened following the violence. …This will be a stain on our country not so easily washed away, the final terrible indelible legacy of the 45th oresident of the United States, Undoubtedly, our worst.