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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., holds a news conference in Washington Jan. 7, 2021, one day after a mob of extremists supporting President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol. (CNS/Reuters/Erin Scott)
Washington House Speaker Nancy Pelosi referenced the Epiphany, St. Francis of Assisi, and also uttered a prayer as the House of Representatives reconvened the night of Jan. 6 to confirm the Electoral College win of President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. in the November presidential election. The count had been interrupted by hundreds of marauders who breached the Capitol that afternoon, bringing the count to a halt. Today, Jan. 6, is the feast of the Epiphany, when the Christ Child was first revealed as a human beyond Mary and St. Joseph, Pelosi, D-California, said. On this day of revelation, let us pray that this instigation to violence will provide an epiphany for our country to heal.
Michelle Obama Calls on Facebook to Permanently Ban Trump After the Capitol Riots
“The day was a fulfillment of the wishes of an infantile and unpatriotic president.” Jan 7, 2021
Michelle Obama has spoken out about yesterday’s attack on the U.S. Capitol building by Donald Trump’s supporters.
Michelle called the day a “fulfillment of the wishes of an infantile president” and called on Facebook to ban Trump from its website permanently.
America is still struggling with the aftermath of Trump’s supporters breaching the U.S. Capitol building yesterday. In the attack labeled as an attempt to “stop the steal” and prevent President-Elect Joe Biden from getting his electoral college votes confirmed people were injured and killed. Senators’ lives were at stake. Democracy was threatened. And now, Americans incensed by this blatant disregard for the U.S. government are processing the event.
Michelle Obama Reflects On Wreckage at the U.S. Capitol: I Hurt for Our Country The day was a fulfillment of the wishes of an infantile and unpatriotic president. Jan 7, 2021
In a statement posted to Twitter, Michelle Obama shared her reaction to the rioters who interrupted the Electoral College review on January 6 at the U.S. Capitol.
Read her full statement below.
Former first lady Michelle Obama has released a statement regarding the riots in the Washington, D.C. led by throngs of President Trump s supporters. Obama, echoing her husband Barack Obama s own words, expressed her sadness at the wreckage she watched unfold in the nation s capitol.