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Thursday, January 7, 2021 at 3:11 pm | כ ג טבת תשפ א
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Thursday, January 7, 2021 at 3:11 pm | כ ג טבת תשפ א
People watch a TV screen showing the news on a violent mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
As the world watched American institutions shaken to the core by an angry mob, officials and ordinary citizens wondered: How fragile is democracy?
Allies spoke up, expressing shock and dismay at the chaos.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a statement, “Canadians are deeply disturbed and saddened by the attack on democracy in the United States, our closest ally and neighbour. Violence will never succeed in overruling the will of the people. Democracy in the US must be upheld – and it will be.”
CHARLEVOIX, CANADA - JUNE 9: In this photo provided by the German Government Press Office (BPA), German Chancellor Angela Merkel deliberates with US president Donald Trump on the sidelines of the official agenda on the second day of the G7 summit on June 9, 2018 in Charlevoix, Canada. Also pictured are (L-R) Larry Kudlow, director of the US National Economic Council, Theresa May, UK prime minister, Emmanuel Macron, French president, Angela Merkel, Yasutoshi Nishimura, Japanese deputy chief cabinet secretary, Shinzo Abe, Japan prime minister, Kazuyuki Yamazaki, Japanese senior deputy minister for foreign affairs, John Bolton, US national security adviser, and Donald Trump. Canada are hosting the leaders of the UK, Italy, the US, France, Germany and Japan for the two day summit. (Photo by Jesco Denzel /Bundesregierung via Getty Images)
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NORWALK, Conn. As rioters incited by President Donald Trump stormed the nation’s capitol Wednesday, Norwalk Democratic leader Eloisa Melendez thought the “crazy” events “terrifying but unfortunately not shocking because they told us they would do this,” she said.
Late Wednesday, her Republican counterpart, Carl Dickens, said, “I looked on with terrific sadness and a tear in my eyes today. I literally got choked up. Because that’s not us, that’s not America. That’s not the Republican Party. That’s not what we’re about.”