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In the hours and days after a pro-Trump mob breached the Capitol, First Lady Melania Trump released no public comment condemning the actions. Today she released a statement...partly about herself.
First lady Melania Trump calls for end to violence, decries personal attacks following Capitol riots Evan Vucci/AP First lady Melania Trump introduces President Donald Trump to speak at a campaign rally for Senate Republican candidates, Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., and Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., at Valdosta Regional Airport, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020, in Valdosta, Ga. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) By: WXYZ Staff and last updated 2021-01-11 09:12:53-05 (WXYZ) â First Lady Melania Trump has releas...
In a statement released days after the Capitol riot, First Lady Melania Trump implored people to stop the violence.
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US riots: Woman killed in 'medical emergency' trampled by fellow pro-Trump supporters 9 Jan, 2021 11:53 PM 4 minutes to read Roseanne Boyland. Photo / Justin Cave via AP AP One of the people who died during this week's horrific siege on the US Capitol was a conspiracy theorist trampled to death by fellow pro-Trump rioters. Roseanne Boyland's devastated family have revealed that the 34-year-old "spiralled" into the depths of the QAnon conspiracy theory, which peddles the belief that a global gang of high-profile paedophiles wants to topple President Donald Trump. Boyland was one of three riote...
On the other side of Capitol Hill, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced the resignation of Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Mike Stenger, a move demanded by Democratic Leader Charles E. Schumer of New York. Mr. McConnell said the move was effective immediately upon the lawmaker’s request — an item on which the two parties in the upper chamber appeared to see eye to eye after the bloody unrest inside the Capitol building Wednesday. Mr. Schumer had said that if Mr. Stenger weren’t gone once the Democrats take over the Senate on Jan. 21, “I will fire him.” Law enforcement experts we...