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As he sheltered in place, Rep. Alan Lowenthal, D-Long Beach, said today he was in complete shock that the U.S. Capitol was besieged by a mob seeking to block Congress from affirming Joe Biden's victory in the presidential election.
Congress Certifies Electoral Votes Making Joe Biden President-Elect
7 Jan 2021
Vice President Mike Pence concluded the joint session of Congress certifying the electoral votes for President-elect Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris as the Vice President-elect in the 2020 presidential election.
Pence resumed the joint session of Congress to certify the votes early Thursday morning around 3:30 a.m. after Trump supporters stormed Capitol Hill and delayed the proceedings for about six hours, as Breitbart News reported.
The ceremonial certification was also delayed after a House Republican and a Senate Republican issuing formal objections to the electoral votes cast in Arizona and Wisconsin, prompting further debate and a congressional vote on the objection.
Lowenthal Denounces Demonstrations Inside, Outside Capitol Building By City News Service Long Beach PUBLISHED 7:15 PM PT Jan. 06, 2021 PUBLISHED 7:15 PM PST Jan. 06, 2021
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LONG BEACH, Calif. (CNS) As he sheltered in place, Rep. Alan Lowenthal, D-Long Beach, said Wednesday he was in complete shock that the U.S. Capitol was besieged by a mob seeking to block Congress from affirming Joe Biden s victory in the presidential election. I never thought I would live to see the day when the Capitol of the United States would be invaded by what could be potentially thought of as domestic terrorists, Lowenthal told City News Service. It was very frightening.
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Regional Headquarters, Jamaica. Wednesday, January 6, 2021 The PuLSE Institute has announced its naming of a major online lecture series on the contributions of the Caribbean world to US politics after Professor Rupert Lewis. Currently Research Fellow at the PJ Patterson Centre for Africa-Caribbean Advocacy at The University of the West Indies (The UWI), Lewis is also a professor emeritus of political thought at The UWI Mona Campus’ Department of Government. He has lectured in political science, political thought and Caribbean, African and global politics for the past forty years.
The virtual innovative speaker programme, Rupert Lewis Caribbean Influence on America and the World: Reparatory Justice and Anti-Poverty Policy Lecture Series, will feature some of the most important voices in the Caribbean region whose work and research deals with issues of economic justice including reparations. Lewis has also been named to the Institute’s National A