The president vowed to personally lead a march to the Capitol at the end of his address. The crowd roared its approval and chanted “Fight for Trump!”
The president again called on Mr. Pence, who is presiding over a joint session of Congress Wednesday to count the Electoral College results, to intervene and stop Mr. Biden from winning. Federal law and the Constitution do not grant a vice president those powers, in the view of most constitutional experts.
“I hope Mike is going to do the right thing,” Mr. Trump told the crowd. “If Mike does the right thing, we win the election. States want to re-vote. They want to re-certify. All Vice President Pence has to do is send it back to the states to re-certify, and we come president, and you are the happiest.”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks back from the House Chamber after a Senate procession carrying boxes holding Electoral College votes through Statuary Hall to the House Chamber for a joint session to confirm the Electoral College votes, . more > By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times - Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday there is no proof of massive-scale fraud in the November election that would tip the scales in favor of President Trump.
The Kentucky Republican broke with the president, who has alleged widespread election fraud from massive mail-in voting cost him to lose to President-elect Joseph R. Biden.
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Question of the Day By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times - Wednesday, January 6, 2021
U.S. Capitol police appeared to spray mace at some angry Trump supporters who were pressing toward the Capitol on Wednesday as Congress began counting the Electoral College votes to certify the win of President-elect Joseph R. Biden.
Video posted on Twitter of the clash showed Capitol police officers taking up a defensive ring in front of the building as flag-waving Trump supporters tried to mount steps toward the entrances. One officer could be seen spraying them with a small canister that emitted a stream.
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They condemned President Trump’s half-hearted response as his supporters stormed congressional offices.
They posted jarring photographs of Confederate flags flying in the halls of America’s most important government building, concluding grimly that “the Civil War isn’t over.”
Jewish leaders, writers and members of Congress reacted in real time as a pro-Trump mob beat back police and stormed the Capitol today.
The protestors disrupted the certification of President-Elect Joseph Biden’s victory. As senators and members of the House evacuated their chambers and pictures emerged of Trump supporters lounging in the offices of political leaders like Nancy Pelosi, social media lit up with alarm.