The former First Lady tweeted on Thursday, Like all of you, I ve been feeling so many emotions since yesterday, writing in her statement that she had begun the day elated by the news of Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff s wins in Georgia. In just a few hours, though, my heart had fallen harder and faster than I can remember, she wrote. Like all of you, I watched as a gang organized, violent, and mad they d lost an election laid siege to the United States Capitol. And once authorities finally gained control of the situation, these rioters and gang members were led out of the building not in handcuffs, but free to carry on with their days, she wrote, referring to the Black Lives Matter protests that took place in the summer.
US envoy expresses ‘shock, sadness, dismay’
Us ambassador Joseph Mondello - - JEFF K MAYERS
UNITED States Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago Joseph Mondello, in a Facebook statement on Thursday, welcomed the approval of Joe Biden as next US President by the US Congress, saying his country was better than the protests which had disrupted the approval process on Wednesday.
Supporters of President Trump invaded the Capitol to try to stop the count of electoral college votes in an election they believed had been rigged, but under Vice President Mike Pence the legislators later resumed and confirmed Biden.
Mondello wrote, “On January 6, we watched with shock, sadness, and dismay the deadly scenes of unrest at the US Capitol Building in Washington DC.”
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January 08, 2021
Violent protesters, loyal to President Donald Trump, storm the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.
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On January 6, a mob Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to disrupt the formal certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory – and thus President Donald Trump’s loss. Trump had spread baseless conspiracy theories about electoral fraud, refused to concede the election, and on January 6 encouraged the protesters to march on the Capitol. The violence sparked horror around the world, with a number of government issuing swift condemnations.
Thursday, January 7, 2021
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