Local elected officials react to violence in nation s capital January 06 2021
Most blame President Trump for claiming, without evidence, that the November election was stolen from him.
The lawmakers threatened with violence today may have been 3,000 miles away but local elected officials had quick reactions from right here as well.
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler opened the Wednesday meeting of the City Council by denouncing and blaming President Donald for what was happening in Washington, D.C. It is an assault and an affront to our democracy, said Wheeler, who called the siege of the Capitol incredibly dangerous and an attack on American democracy orchestrated by Trump.
As Congress was deliberating to certify President Trump s election loss today, members of the House and Senate were evacuated from Capitol Hill as pro-Trump protesters stormed the building, Reuters reports.
President Donald Trump has urged his supporters to abide by the law and go back home after they stormed the US Capitol building and violently clashed with police. In a video message on his Twitter account, Trump again baselessly claimed that the election was stolen from him and that he won in a landslide. I know your pain. I know you re hurt. We had an election that was stolen from us. It was a landslide election, and everyone knows it, especially the other side. But you have to go home. Now we have to have peace. We have to have law and order, Trump said on Wednesday.
Law enforcement officials said the device was no longer a threat Wednesday afternoon. Thousands of supporters of the president occupied the Capitol complex as lawmakers were beginning to tally the electoral votes that will formalize President-elect Joe Biden s victory. Vice President Mike Pence has called on protesters to leave the Capitol immediately, going further than Trump, who merely called for his supporters to remain peaceful.
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