Washington, January 7
In an unprecedented assault on democracy in the US, thousands of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol complex and clashed with the police, resulting in
The Obamas will join former President Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
Biden served as vice president alongside Obama for eight years, and the two remain close friends. The 44th president campaigned for Biden in the final weeks of the 2020 presidential race, while Michelle Obama delivered a stinging rebuke of Trump during the Democratic National Convention in August. The former first lady, who is among the most popular figures in the party, otherwise stayed off the campaign trail last year.
Biden s inauguration will be scaled back due to the coronavirus pandemic, and officials have urged Americans to avoid traveling to the nation s capital to be there in person. Virtual events are planned, though the swearing-in ceremony is still expected to take place outside the Capitol.
Several Indian American supporters of President Donald Trump â including some who attended a Jan. 6 rally outside the Capitol Building that devolved into mayhem â denounced the mob violence that afternoon, as protesters jumped through barricades to enter the building and freely roamed the House and Senate Chambers.
Hemant Bhatt, founder of Indian Voices For Trump and the South Asian Republican Coalition â who attended the rally with a group of Trump supporters from New Jersey â told
India-West: âWe never expected this to happen. We expected a peaceful protest.â
âI am a patriot, a Republican. But this is not what America is about,â he said.
“Absolutely not. No,” Manchin told The Washington Post in an interview published Friday. “Getting people vaccinated, that’s job No. 1.”
“How is the money that we invest now going to help us best to get jobs back and get people employed? And I can’t tell you that sending another check out is gonna do that to a person that’s already got a check,” he said.
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Manchin in a tweet, later said if a new round of checks go out, they should be targeted to ensure they go to those in need.
If the next round of stimulus checks goes out they should be targeted to those who need it. https://t.co/MWvt9EHOBS Senator Joe Manchin (@Sen JoeManchin) January 8, 2021