CBPP today released a statement from Sharon Parrott, president, on the events of January 5-6 in Georgia and Washington, D.C.:
On Tuesday, the people of Georgia showed the nation and the world the power of democracy. After years of work by many organizations and individuals, often led by Black women, to fight back against racially motivated voter suppression tactics, the people of Georgia used peaceful democratic processes with unprecedented turnout by voters in both political parties in a hotly contested runoff to effect change in their state and the nation.
Sadly, the very next day a riotous, violent mob incited by the President attempted to subvert not only the outcome of the presidential election but the Constitution on which our democracy is based. The attempt failed, but not before blood was shed. We are deeply grateful that after a harrowing day when our representatives and senators, along with their staffs and many others, faced danger from this mob, they returned to the
The major United States stock indexes opened higher on Thursday, as investors continued to look beyond the storming of the US Capitol on Wednesday by supporters of President Donald Trump.
While Wednesday’s chaos in Washington saw US stocks move off of session highs, the Dow Jones Industrial Average still managed to finish in record territory.
The 30-share index continued its advance on Thursday, jumping more than 133 points at the open of trading on Wall Street to 30,962.95.
The S&P 500 edged up 0.70 percent at the open, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index gained 1.02 percent.
Speculation abounds as to why the stock market continues to move higher in the face of Wednesday’s events.
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Your Huddle host was in the U.S. Capitol to cover the GOP efforts to challenge President-elect Joe Biden’s win when a group of rogue pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol complex. They were driven by rage and the illusion, amplified by the president, that the election was stolen from them.
Six people from Michigan arrested in connection to Washington unrest
By Jack Nissen
The individuals identified by Washington D.C. metro police were released after their arrest on Thursday.
At least one of them was in possession of a firearm without a license and a large capacity ammunition feeding device, police said.
Dozens of people were arrested in connection to a protest that morphed into a mob storming the grounds of Congress where hundreds of Trump supporters entered the Capitol building, forcing lawmakers in both the House and Senate to seek cover in safe houses.
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Donald Trump has been mocked as the Television Viewer-in-Chief following the US President s sparking of violent protests in Washington. Supporters spurred on by the Republican leader s rally encouragement have descended upon Capitol Hill in their thousands. In scenes that CNN described as disgraceful , protesters clashed with law enforcement and even breached the Capitol building.