The mob disrupted what is traditionally a routine proceeding: a joint session of Congress where Electoral College votes are read and accepted.
Instead, moments into the proceeding, hundreds of violent actors broke into the Capitol, at times attacking law enforcement officers. The riot came hours after Trump spoke at a rally in Washington, D.C., where he continued to spread lies that the election was somehow rigged or stolen. This is happening because of lies. Because of a choice leaders made to spread and repeat lies about our democracy. They spread and repeated those lies in court, to the media, in the halls of our state legislatures. That is why this is happening, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson tweeted.
VP Pence certification of illegal Electoral College votes unconstitutional, Ignored final arbiters state legislature, Pence should be arrested and handcuffed
“Our Constitution is in actual operation; everything appears to promise that it will last; but nothing in this world is certain but death and taxes.” …
Benjamin Franklin
“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.”…
Abraham Lincoln
“These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.”…
Far-right activist who encouraged U.S. Capitol occupation also organized ‘stop the steal’ rally in Michigan
Updated Jan 07, 2021;
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Nicholas Fuentes, a far-right activist among pro-Trump protesters who gathered outside the U.S. Capitol before rioters broke into the building, organized a Nov. 11 “stop the steal” rally in Michigan.
Fuentes joined protesters on the steps of the Capitol and celebrated the temporary disruption of Congress affirming President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. Supporters wearing merchandise for Fuentes’ political commentary show “America First” appeared in videos and images taken inside the Capitol
“I say that we should not leave this Capitol until Donald Trump is inaugurated president,” Fuentes said Wednesday. “We the American people, will not let this fraudulent election go forward one more step.”
VP Pence certification of illegal Electoral College votes unconstitutional, Ignored final arbiters state legislature, Pence should be arrested and handcuffed
“Our Constitution is in actual operation; everything appears to promise that it will last; but nothing in this world is certain but death and taxes.” …
Benjamin Franklin
“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.”…
Abraham Lincoln
“These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.”…