https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-disgrace-on-capitol-hill-11609979276
Fueled by lies about a stolen election, protesters overran police and stormed America’s seat of government on Wednesday, forcing a lockdown of the U.S. Capitol and a 6 p.m. city curfew. This sounds like a dispatch from some foreign correspondent in an unfortunate land. Instead it was President Trump’s parting gift to Washington, and the country, for denying him a second term.
In an odd statement, acting Pentagon chief
Christopher Miller – installed by Trump after he pushed out Defense
Secretary Mark Esper after the election – said he had spoken to Pence –
not Trump – about calling in the Guard.
At the rally, Miller, said, “Each generation has the responsibility to teach the next generation. You know, if we win a few elections we’re still going to be losing unless we win the hearts of our children. It’s the battle. Hitler was right on one thing that whoever has the youth has the future. Our children are being propagandized.”
https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-55556928
The Democratic Party of US President-elect Joe Biden has won control of the Senate - and of Congress overall - with two victories in the state of Georgia.
Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff defeated Republican incumbents Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue respectively.
Democrats will control the Senate, the House of Representatives and the White House for the first time since 2009.
An estimated four million Georgians turned out to vote in the run-off election.
The result is a severe blow for outgoing Republican President Donald Trump.
On Tuesday night Edelstein issued a statement that criticized the public for negligence in obeying health regulations, and called those who are lax in observing health warnings “rodef” – that is, someone who poses a danger to the lives of others.
Where are they?” a Trump supporter demanded in a crowd of dozens
roaming the halls of the US Capitol, bearing Trump flags and pounding on
doors.
They — lawmakers, staff members and more — were hiding under
tables, hunkered in lockdowns, saying prayers, and seeing the fruits of
the country’s divisions up close and violent.
President Trump and his Republican enablers in Congress incited a violent attack Wednesday against the government they lead and the nation they profess to love. This cannot be allowed to stand.
Mr. Trump’s seditious rhetoric prompted a mob of thousands of people to storm the U.S. Capitol building, some breaking onto the House and Senate floors, where the nation’s elected representatives had gathered to perform their constitutional duty of counting electoral votes and confirming the election of Joe Biden as president.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/lindsey-graham-calls-biden-lawfully-elected-enough-is-enough
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., called President-elect Joe Biden "lawfully" elected and urged his Senate colleagues "Enough is enough" regarding election fraud allegations.
Graham, at times, has been a critic of President Trump but he has often been a close ally during his presidency.
The senator's remarks came as the Senate voted on certifying the Electoral College votes hours after a group of Trump supporters breached the Capitol, forcing an evacuation.
He said while he supported his colleagues' right to object to the election results, he wouldn’t support it and felt it is a "uniquely bad idea to delay this election."
Trump has been a "consequential" president, Graham said he believes, "but today…count me out. Enough is enough."
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/james-mattis-statement-trump-capitol-protests
Former Defense Secretary James Mattis rebuked President Trump on Wednesday, accusing him of fomenting violence at the U.S. Capitol and poisoning Americans' respect for fellow citizens.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/jonathan-turley-trump-legacy-in-tatters-capitol-riot
President Trump left his legacy "in tatters" Wednesday after his supporters rampaged through the U.S. Capitol and disrupted Congress' formal tallying of the Electoral College votes, Fox News contributor Jonathan Turley said.
