US lawmakers certified Joe Biden's election win after the US Capitol building was stormed by supporters of US President Donald Trump. A total of four people died in the unrest. Catch up on how the events unfolded.
Schumer: Today will go down as one of the darkest days of recent American history
From CNN s Josiah Ryan
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. Source: Senate TV
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer this evening delivered a powerful condemnation of the events that transpired in the US Capitol today and lay the blame for the violence on President Trump. This temple to democracy was desecrated, he said, speaking moments after the Senate had reconvened following the violence. …This will be a stain on our country not so easily washed away, the final terrible indelible legacy of the 45th oresident of the United States, Undoubtedly, our worst.
Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris hit 306 votes in the Electoral College, 36 more than needed to secure a White House victory. Trump received 232 votes. It comes after a projected win for Democrats in the U.S. Senate.
Democrat Jon Ossoff beat Republican David Perdue in one of the runoffs, NBC News projected, sealing his party s control of Congress and the White House. Democrat Raphael Warnock is projected to defeat GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler in the state s other runoff.
Markets have been largely unaffected by the chaos in Washington and on Wall Street Thursday, stocks rose to all-time highs as traders looked past the unrest.
Biden introduces Judge Merrick Garland as attorney general, denounces Capitol riot
Joe Biden s victory certified after Capitol Hill chaos By Associated Press | January 7, 2021 at 6:05 AM CST - Updated January 7 at 2:54 PM
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) President-elect Joe Biden introduced his pick for the nation’s top law enforcement official on Thursday, turning to experienced judge Merrick Garland to help de-politicize the Justice Department and restore the rule of law after what the incoming president described as four years of lawlessness under President Donald Trump.
Biden also described the pro-Trump mob that stormed the Capitol on Wednesday as “domestic terrorists” and assailed the Republican president for inciting the siege.
Calls grow for Trump to be removed from office after US Capitol insurrection
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Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer said Thursday that President Donald Trump should be removed immediately from office after inciting the insurrection at the US Capitol. What happened at the US Capitol yesterday was an insurrection against the United States, incited by the president. This president should not hold office one day longer, Schumer said, two weeks before Trump is scheduled to hand over power to President-elect Joe Biden.
Schumer called for intervention by Vice President Mike Pence, who angered Trump Wednesday by acknowledging he could not overturn their election defeat in a ceremonial congressional session raided by a pro-Trump mob.