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Borough officials react to DC violence amid congressional certification of 2020 presidential election
Updated Jan 06, 2021;
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Supporters of President Donald Trump violently gained access to the U.S. Capitol building, physically pushing past police in an effort to disrupt Congressional certification of the 2020 presidential election on Wednesday.
Thousands of people gathered in Washington D.C. in an effort to challenge the certification of the election that the president has repeatedly said was fraudulent, but without evidence of widespread fraud.
A tweet from a Huffington Post reporter inside the Capitol showed photos of a group who had breached the building carrying a confederate battle flag, and wearing “Make America Great Again” hats.
Onondaga County’s GOP executive: Trump has ‘lost the moral authority to lead’
Updated Jan 07, 2021;
Posted Jan 07, 2021
Onondaga County executive Ryan McMahon gives the latest numbers on testing for coronavirus in the county Monday Nov. 23, 2020, from the Oncenter. Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com
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Syracuse, NY President Trump has “lost the moral authority to lead” following the deadly rioting Thursday at the U.S. Capitol, according to Ryan McMahon, Onondaga County’s Republican executive.
As for whether Vice President Michael Pence should pursue Trump’s removal under the 25th Amendment, or whether Congress should impeach the president again, seeking his removal, McMahon suggested that caution was the best way forward right now.
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Maryland Rep. David Trone posted this photo wearing a gas mask in the Capitol, with the message: “I am safe. We have been evacuated.” (Credit: Twitter)
As the US Senate prepared to certify the results of the presidential election on Wednesday, January 6, protestors stormed the Capitol grounds, with hundreds of people crowding the steps and several gaining access to the building. Both President Donald Trump and President-elect Joe Biden called for the crowds to disperse in televised pleas to the American people, while Vice President Michael Pence and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris echoed their sentiments in social media posts.
One woman was reported shot and seriously injured inside the building, and ultimately rushed to a hospital, where she died several hours later. It was also reported that tear gas was dispersed in the Capitol Rotunda. In an effort to stem the violence, a curfew was imposed in Washington DC, effective from 6 p.m. Wednesday evening until 6 a.m. Thursday m