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CHAOS DESCENDED ON the US Capitol yesterday after scores of Trump supporters stormed the building.
The complex went into lockdown, with politicians inside, as a protest by pro-Trump supporters became a mob which broke into the building and occupied offices.
The violence also broke out as the US Senate and House was in the midst of approving the electoral college votes of all 50 states and rubber-stamping November’s election result.
Biden’s win has since been officially certified after politicians resumed their proceedings overnight.
This morning, Trump released a statement on the electoral certification, saying there will be an “orderly transition” on 20 January, but added that he “totally disagrees” with the outcome of the election.
Statement by President Donald J. Trump on the Electoral Certification:
— Dan Scavino🇺🇸🦅 (@DanScavino) January 7, 2021
“Even though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless there will be an orderly transition on January 20th. I have always said we would continue our...
Here’s a rundown of the key things to know about what happened in Washington DC last night, overnight and this morning:
Sadly America is far from Great. The Mexicans need to build that wall fast!
Pity there wasn’t as much coverage of the protests in blanch
@Sparky: Because that was a storm in a teacup in comparison. For the most part those protesters were peaceful with some stopping the more disruptive element from cauaing real harm.
@Conrad Shields: How can something be Mostly peaceful, either it is or isn’t, there’s no middle ground when it comes to violence and/breaking the law, not to mention disregarding covid advice, either they did or did not.
Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam,Laos, Cambodia Guatemala, Honduras, Chilie, El Salvador, Porto Rico, Panama, Colombia are willing to send troops to restore democracy to the U.S.A. After all what goes around…
@Donal Desmond: Exactly. When you sponsor violent protests in other places you can’t be surprised when it finally comes home.
He’s still using fighting rhetoric ffs
Spoiled Brats the lot of them. Extremists on both Red and Blue sides are nearly as bad as each other. Absolute disaster of a place.
The internet has created these clowns and their leader IMO.
@Lotus: This is an utterly rid!culous fålse equivalency.
Does any person who follows US politics really believe this “both sides” nønsense?
@Lotus: Bulls h1t. Are you unable to criticise Trump without saying but but themuns? Irish people are well able to spot this false equivalence having witnessed the DUP at it for decades.
@Seán Óg: fun fact there’s actually a historic link between the DUP and US conservatives.
@Tricia G:
I don’t follow US politics. Couldn’t really care less what happens over there. Just commenting on what I have been seeing over last few years. Place is descending into an awful place more so than other countries. Its seems that way at least.
@Seán Óg:
I’m criticising both camps in equal measure. Irish people would be well able to spot that, or at least most of them.
@Lotus: So you accept you don’t actually know that both sides are as bad. And yet you made that claim?
As someone who has lived in the US and subsequently kept a close eye on events, its my opinion that one side is, very clearly, worse than the other.
@Tricia G: Is that an unbiased opinion?
@Lotus: how have you come to “both sides are as bad” if you don’t follow US politics? What are you basing your opinion on?
@Blue Avians: Doubtful, as we all have biases.
It’s certainly an educated one.
@Tricia G:
@Tricia G: both sides are as bad as each other you dont need to live over there or be as “educated” as you to also have an opinion on the situation tricia.
@Blue Avians: interesting question from the guy claiming that becaise antifa weren’t visible yesterday that they were in MAGA hats leading the failed coup
@Tricia G: Well he is not wrong about extremists on both sides, while those on the left can sometimes look to deny the same freedoms they espouse to those with opposing views, but they are looking equality for poorer & marginalised. It is those on the right that carry guns and are willing to use violence to get what they want.
@Blue Avians: unbiased opinion politics?
@Tricia G: Are you unable to criticize the so called “left” for some reason, maybe because you identify more with their politics than you do with the so called “right”
Yes they are as bad as each other, BLM, Antifa, Proud Boys, the people at Capitol Hill represent extremists on both sides. Why can’t you see that or acknowledge it, during the “peaceful” protests with BLM? Are you saying the supposed BLM protesters that executed someone for being white, physically assaulted people for being white or not giving them their salute, demanding people give their homes away, looted, burned cities, cause 1 billion in damage, will cost insurance companies upwards of 2 billion are not comparable to the thugs from yesterday, very blinkered view there, considering during the blm protests a total of 19 people died, some of them black but apparently their lives didn’t matter, some of them were only protect ting their homes or lively hood and were killed by the same kind of thugs you say are not comparable to the thugs from yesterday? That’s some serious bias alright, explains a lot.
@Simon Carroll: lol, this is your reply to her saying we all have biases. It’s shameful that people still pretend that the violence and looting of the summer were not condemned. Worse that they’re now using it to normalise the actions of yesterday
Trump gave a long meandering speech at the “Save America March” directly before the attack on the capitol bldg. He said “we will never give up, we will never concede, we have had enough” plus he talked about “taking back our country…it cannot be done with weakness, but with strength”. He even said he would walk with them to the capitol. He really whipped up his mob, now there are four dead and he will walk off with $200 mil from recent donations. I wonder why he is being so tolerated?
@Aire Dezamba: It’s a cult
If only they had antifa flags and chanted Black Lives Matter.
Then it would be remembered as a ‘largely peaceful protest’.
@NotaWarder: A BLM Protest wouldn’t have gotten within an asses roar of the Capitol building, mad how unprepared the Security of the building was considering MAGA / Q followers been planning this whole thing for awhile on Parler
@NotaWarder: senseless comment.
@Joe Healy: he’s a senseless person I suspect.
Just hand over the keys donald ya sap inauguration will be very funny when joe swear in cant wait see Donald’s face haha
At least Hitler did the right thing taking a sinanide pill..
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