Many commercial real estate organizations issued statements denouncing a pro-Trump crowd s attack on the U.S. Capitol.
This story will be updated with additional industry comments as we receive them.
The horrific scene of hundreds of armed, angry insurrectionists swarming the U.S. Capitol and briefly disrupting the certification of President-elect Biden s victory was quick to draw strong denunciations from commercial real estate industry groups.
Four people died amid the mob s attacks on the building. One woman died after being fatally shot, while three others died after separate medical emergencies, according to D.C. Metropolitan Police.
Mortgage Banker Assocation President and CEO Bob Broeksmit, CMB, issued the following statement in the immediate wake of the violence yesterday, before Congress reconvened later in the day to finish its certification process:
Oppong Weah is in Ghana for the swearing-in President-elect Akufo-Addo
Some heads of state and governments have started arriving for the President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s swearing-in ceremony on Thursday, January 7, 2021.
Those who have arrived already are: President of Guinea-Bissau, Umaru Sissoco Embalo, President of Liberia, George Oppong Weah and Vice President of Angola, Bernito De Sousa.
They were welcomed on arrival at the VVIP Lounge of the Kotoka International Airport by the Senior Minister, Mr Yaw Osafo Maafo, on Wednesday afternoon.
So far, 12 heads of state and governments have confirmed their participation in the investiture of President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and Vice-President-elect, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.
Assemblywoman Sumter on the Fragility of Democracy January 7, 2021, 11:45 am | in
The Fragility of Democracy
The dichotomy of a moment of joy and sadness in 24 hours. Waking up to the news that Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff were winners in Georgia for the U.S. Senate and that Madam Stacey Abrams name would live rent free in the mind of President 45.
Yesterday afternoon became dark and sad for our country where we watched in horror as the leader of the free world, incited a mob to storm the U.S. Capitol. Witnessing the rise of people with less melanin toned skin being allowed to make it into the halls of Congress to destroy windows and in their minds respond to the call to action to stop democracy.
| UPDATED: 23:03, Wed, Jan 6, 2021
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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.