Trump allies vow to punish GOP lawmakers who don t support president in electoral vote Follow Us
Question of the Day By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times - Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Trump supporters heaped scorn Wednesday on congressional Republicans who are certifying President-elect Joseph R. Biden’s Electoral College results, vowing to drive them out of office one by one.
At a “March for Trump” rally near the White House, allies of President Trump said they won’t forget what they call Republicans’ betrayal of the president.
“In two years, every politician that turns their back on our country will lose their seat,” said Trump campaign senior adviser Katrina Pierson. “Even if they think for a second that they’re going to get away with it today, they’ve got another thing coming. Today is just the beginning. We are taking names today.”
American intelligence agencies formally named Russia as the “likely” source of the broad hacking of the United States government and private companies, and declared that the operation was “ongoing” nearly a month after it was discovered.
The statement jointly issued Tuesday by four government agencies was a clear rebuke of President Trump’s efforts, in posts on Twitter, to suggest that China was behind the hacking. But inside the intelligence agencies, there are few doubts that Russia is responsible. There has been no information gathered pointing to China, according to people briefed on the material
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The Times failed to mention that the Director of National Intelligence, John Ratcliffe, is a Trump loyalist. So you know that if he could have found any excuse to blame China on behalf of Dear Leader(s), he would have.
Pence defies Trump, says he can t object to Electoral College results Follow Us
Question of the Day Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Vice President Mike Pence arrive to officiate as a joint session of the House and Senate convenes to count the Electoral College votes cast in November’s election, at the Capitol in Washington, . more > By Alex Swoyer and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times - Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Vice President Mike Pence opened a joint session of Congress Wednesday by announcing he can not object to President-elect Joseph R. Biden’s victory, which President Trump has called for him to do while claiming widespread fraud in the November election.
“The President incited an insurrection in the U.S. Capitol today,” the Massachusetts Democrat said.
Rep. Jennifer Wexton said Mr. Trump whipped “domestic terrorists” into a frenzy and “sicced them on the Capitol.”
“The Cabinet must remove him today or the House must impeach,” said Ms. Wexton, Virginia Democrat.
Rep. David Cicilline called the events at the Capitol outrageous and said Mr. Trump caused them.
“We should impeach and convict him tomorrow,” tweeted Mr. Cicilline, Rhode Island Democrat.
Larry Summers, a former economic adviser in the Obama administration, called for impeachment and conviction once order is restored.
“Right way to signal we are a nation of law. Vote should be unanimous if those in power support American democracy,” Mr. Summers tweeted.
As Congress meets to certify Bidenâs victory, Trump addresses protesters calling on Pence to overturn results.
âWe will never concede,â President Trump said at a rally in front of the White House on Wednesday.Credit.Pete Marovich for The New York Times
Jan. 6, 2021
Washington girded for the volatile final act of the Trump presidency on Wednesday, as President Trump â unwilling to cede the limelight or his fantasy of victory â transforming a moment of Democratic triumph into a day of defiance by summoning supporters to his backyard for an airing of grievances.
âWe will never give up. We will never concede. It doesnât happen,â Mr. Trump told a gathering of die-hard fans at the Ellipse behind the White House on Wednesday â essentially foreclosing any possibility he might opt for a conventional path from power.