comments Former Secretary of State Colin Powell has said that he no longer considers himself a Republican following the riot that broke out at the Capitol last week Powell said he believed 'fellow Republicans' who refused to criticize Trump 'encouraged this wildness to grow and grow' Last week he said he wished that Trump would resign from office like Nixon did Powell served as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under President George H.W. Bush and as national security adviser under President Reagan Trump rioters breached the Capitol amid protests in Washington, D.C. calling on officials to block the certification of the Electoral College vote