Sen McConnell remarks on the Electoral College count thetimestribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thetimestribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Samuel Corum/Getty
President Trump s allies are speaking out against the siege at the US Capitol Building after protesters broke into both chambers of Congress.
Senators Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz, who planned to object to the Electoral College s certification, both condemned the violence.
Former White House staffers including Kellyanne Conway and Mick Mulvaney have also spoken out.
President Donald Trump s most ardent supporters are disavowing the actions of protesters who ve stormed the US Capitol Building trying to block the Electoral College s certification vote, in a last-ditch attempt to prevent a Joe Biden presidency.
Protesters breached the chambers of both the House of Representatives and the Senate, also gaining access to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi s office. Meanwhile, the days leading up to the vote saw countless calls from Republican lawmakers and the president himself to block the certification.
Written by Associated Press on January 6, 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) The Latest on Congress’ tally of the Electoral College vote won by Joe Biden (all times local): 3 p.m.
Protesters backing President Donald Trump have breached the U.S. Capitol, forcing a delay in the constitutional process to affirm Joe Biden’s victory in the November election.
Trump urged his supporters to come to Washington to protest Congress’ formal approval of Biden’s win. Several Republican lawmakers have backed his calls, despite there being no evidence of fraud or wrongdoing in the election.
Protesters are now inside the Senate chamber. One got up on the dais and yelled “Trump won that election.”
McConnell scolds GOP electoral vote objectors, says overturning results would âdamage our republic foreverâ
By Jordan Smith
McConnell said If we overrule voters that it would damage our republic forever.
WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell issued a stern rebuke of his party’s objection to election results during Wednesday’s congressional electoral vote count.
The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives convened for a joint session to count the electoral votes that will confirm Joe Biden as the 46th president.
For days, a growing list of Republicans committed to challenging the outcome of the election, citing widespread voter fraud claims that have been disproven and dismissed by officials and judges on the state and federal level.
The Latest from AP: Woman shot in Capitol has died; Trump still claims landslide victory, praises ‘great patriots’
The Associated Press
Police with guns drawn watch as protesters try to break into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
WASHINGTON (AP) The Latest on Congress’ tally of the Electoral College vote won by Joe Biden (all times local):
6:45 p.m.
Dozens of pro-Trump protesters remain on the streets of the nation’s capital in defiance of the curfew imposed after rioters stormed the Capitol.
The mostly maskless crowd was forcibly removed from the Capitol on Wednesday after breaking into the building and halting the constitutional process of voting to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s win. They were pushed out of the immediate area and moved down the hill, where they taunted law enforcement and moved barricades.