By Yucatan Times on January 7, 2021
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Trump supporters swarmed the U.S. Capitol in response to the President’s defeat in the U.S. election – could Trump be charged with sedition?
WASHINGTON D.C. (Times Media Mexico) – U.S. lawmakers met yesterday to certify the victory of President-elect Joe Biden in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. The proceedings were interrupted by protesters, who have arrived on the U.S. Capitol building following weeks of polarization speech from Trump. One woman was shot and killed. Lawmakers and the Vice President had to be placed to a secure location and police had to fire tear gas and ordered the evacuation of several office buildings after the protests turned violent.
The Capitol was overrun by anarchists and terrorists, House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., said on Thursday. It was a very disturbing day yesterday. You know I had a lot of anger and so many of my colleagues that the Capitol got overrun. These were anarchists and terrorists, Scalise told Fox & Friends. There is no place for it, and all of us that were unequivocal yesterday, just like we were unequivocal during the summer that there is no place in this country to resort to violence, to solve differences, that is not who we are in as a country, Scalise said.
2021/01/07 23:53 Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: The Washington Post on the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol: President Trump s refusal to accept his election defeat and his relentless incitement of his supporters led Wednesday to the unthinkable: an assault on the U.S. Capitol by a violent mob that overwhelmed police and drove Congress from its chambers as it was debating the counting of electoral votes. Responsibility for this act of sedition lies squarely with the president, who has shown that his continued tenure in office poses a grave threat to U.S. democracy. He should be removed.