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Business groups and leaders of large corporations condemned the violence on Capitol Hill that disrupted efforts to certify the election of President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. [T]he Business Roundtable. called on the president and other officials to âput an end to the chaos and facilitate the peaceful transition of power.â âThe chaos unfolding in the nationâs capital is the result of unlawful efforts to overturn the legitimate results of a democratic election,â the organization posted on Twitter.
The National Association of Manufacturers. [said] âAnyone indulging conspiracy theories to raise campaign dollars is complicit,â. âVice President Pence, who was evacuated from the Capitol, should seriously consider working with the cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment to preserve democracy.â âThis is sed
“There were clearly enormous strategic and planning failures by the Capitol Police, by the sergeant at arms, and anybody else who was a part of coordinating this effort here,” he said.
Mr. Ryan said people should have been better prepared given that President Trump had publicly encouraged his supporters to descend on Washington on Wednesday, when Congress was slated to count the Electoral College votes.
Mr. Ryan said there was not supposed to be anybody allowed that close to the Capitol.
“You would be reasonably close to be able to protest and express your view, but nobody belongs on the Capitol plaza,” he said. “Nobody ever goes on the Capitol steps. That is an illegal act.”
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The anarchy seen Wednesday afternoon at the United States Capitol was a horrific disruption of our republic’s 245-year history of peaceful representative government and worse, a destabilizing effort to accomplish a dubious, and unacceptable, American first: a coup d’etat in favor of a president soundly defeated at the ballot box and in the Electoral College.
Urged on by President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede his defeat in both the popular and Electoral College votes and his relentless, dangerous and seditious torrent of lies and claims that the election was marred by fraud, hundreds of demonstrators sieged the central symbol of American democracy as the peaceful workings of government and the transfer of power were underway.
NEW: I am circulating Articles of Impeachment that @RepTedLieu, @RepRaskin and I have prepared to remove the President from office following yesterday’s attack on the U.S. Capitol. pic.twitter.com/b92GL9Ap33 David Cicilline (@davidcicilline) January 7, 2021
Massive crowds clad in pro-Trump apparel clashed with officers outside the Capitol, and police began to evacuate House office buildings as lawmakers began the certification of President-elect Joseph R. Biden’s Electoral College victory.
Not long after, both chambers were abruptly recessed, and lawmakers, reporters and staffers were forced to evacuate and shelter in place in undisclosed locations for hours.
The articles also cite Mr. Trump’s Jan. 6 call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger where he pushed the election official to find the number of votes it would take for the president to overtake Mr. Biden in the state.
Trump to spend weekend at Camp David as calls rise for his removal Follow Us
Question of the Day President Donald Trump boards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., and then on to Dalton, Ga., for a rally. (AP . more > By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times - Thursday, January 7, 2021
President Trump will travel to Camp David this weekend as calls heat up for his removal from office, The Washington Times has learned.
A person familiar with the president’s travel plans confirmed that Mr. Trump will visit the seldom-used presidential retreat in Frederick County, Maryland. It’ll be the president’s second-to-last weekend in office before the inauguration of President-elect Joseph R. Biden on Jan. 20.