But some who had planned to object said they would cut their effort short and perhaps only challenge the results in one state instead of multiple states. Lawmakers were debating a last-ditch effort by pro-Trump lawmakers to challenge the results, which was unlikely to succeed. Mr Trump has falsely claimed that there was widespread fraud in the election to explain away his defeat.Īs the President continued to make the unsubstantiated claims, Twitter locked his account while Facebook and YouTube took down his video message to protesters who stormed the US Capitol.
Mr Schumer said the protesters should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
He said Wednesday: “The President, who promoted conspiracy theories that motivated these thugs, the President, who exhorted them to come to our nation’s capital, egged them on.” Mr Schumer said the events “did not happen spontaneously”. In a similar vein, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said Mr Trump “bears a great deal of the blame” for the day’s events.Īs the Senate reconvened to count electoral votes that will confirm Democrat Joe Biden’s win, Mr Schumer said that January 6, 2021, will “live forever in infamy” and will be a stain on the democracy. “History will rightly remember today’s violence at the Capitol, incited by a sitting president who has continued to baselessly lie about the outcome of a lawful election, as a moment of great dishonour and shame for our nation,” Mr Obama said in a statement on Wednesday. “We will certify the winner of the 2020 election,” Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell added, calling the assault by Trump supporters a “failed insurrection”.įormer US president Barack Obama says the storming of the US Capitol was incited by Mr Trump.
US Vice-President Mike Pence makes remarks as the US Senate reconvenes to resume debate on the electoral vote count. “Let’s get back to work,” he said, drawing applause. “To those who wreaked havoc in our Capitol today – you did not win,” Vice-President Mike Pence said as the session resumed. Police declared the Capitol building secure shortly after 5.30pm and lawmakers reconvened shortly after 8pm to resume the election certification. The FBI said it had disarmed two suspected explosive devices. Washington, DC, Police Chief Robert Contee said the dead included a woman who was shot by US Capitol Police, as well as three others who died in “medical emergencies.”
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