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Graphic Video: Four Dead, Shooting in U.S. Capitol; Woman Killed at Capitol ID’d as Air Force Veteran; Tucker Carlson Weighs In

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By WND. One woman died as a result of a shooting Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol as Vice President Mike Pence was evacuated along with lawmakers meeting for the joint session of Congress to certify the election when protesters stormed the building, breaching multiple layers of security and barricades. . .

Later reports confirmed one woman had died, but no details were available immediately. Editor’s note: more on her tragic death, below.

President Trump tweeted: “I am asking for everyone at the U.S. Capitol to remain peaceful. No violence! Remember, WE are the Party of Law & Order – respect the Law and our great men and women in Blue. Thank you!”

(Read more from “Graphic Video: Woman Dies After Shooting in U.S. Capitol” HERE)

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U.S. Capitol Secured, 4 Dead

By CNN. The US Capitol is once again secured but four people are dead — including one woman who was shot — after supporters of President Donald Trump breached one of the most iconic American buildings[.] . . .

A woman, who is yet to be identified, died after being shot in the chest on the Capitol grounds, DC police confirmed to CNN. More information on the shooting was not immediately available and a police spokesperson said additional details will come later. DC Police Chief Robert Contee said three other people died from medical emergencies during the riot.

“One adult female and two adult males appear to have suffered from separate medical emergencies, which resulted in their deaths. Any loss of life in the District is tragic and our thoughts are with anyone impacted by their loss,” Contee said at a news conference Wednesday night. (Read more from “U.S. Capitol Secured, 4 Dead” HERE)

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Woman Killed at Capitol Identified as Air Force Veteran From San Diego

By Forbes. The woman who died after being shot as a mob of Trump supporters invaded the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday has been identified as Ashli Babbitt, an Air Force veteran from San Diego, according to multiple reports.

Babbitt died at a hospital after being rushed out of the Capitol on a stretcher Wednesday afternoon (some media are spelling her last name as Babbit).

Babbitt was among a group of Trump supporters inside the Capitol when police opened fire, but it is unclear at this point what caused the lethal use of force.

According to WTTG-TV, Babbitt lived in San Diego, and was a 14-year Air Force veteran. (Read more from “Woman Killed at Capitol Identified as Air Force Veteran From San Diego” HERE)

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Here’s what Tucker Carlson had to say about it:

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Ilhan Omar Drawing up New Impeachment Articles Following Breach of U.S. Capitol

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Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is drawing up Articles of Impeachment against President Trump.

“I am drawing up Articles of Impeachment,” Omar tweeted. “Donald J. Trump should be impeached by the House of Representatives & removed from office by the United States Senate. We can’t allow him to remain in office, it’s a matter of preserving our Republic and we need to fulfill our oath.”

In a subsequent tweet, the Minnesota congresswoman told her followers to rest assured that Congress will continue its work and “not let our Constitution be trampled on by a mob and threaten by a tyrant. Democracy will prevail.” (Read more from “Ilhan Omar Drawing up New Impeachment Articles Following Breach of U.S. Capitol” HERE)

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Numerous Trump Staffers Resign After D.C. Protests

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White House deputy press secretary Sarah Matthews resigned Wednesday, becoming the third White House staffer to leave their position wake of protests and rioting on Capitol Hill. . .

Earlier Wednesday, two of Melania Trump’s staffers announced their resignations.

White House social secretary Rickie Niceta submitted her resignation in reaction to the protest, said a source with direct knowledge.

Stephanie Grisham, Melania Trump’s chief of staff, and the former White House press secretary, also resigned amid the protests. She took the job in April. (Read more from “Numerous Trump Staffers Resign After D.C. Protests” HERE)

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President Trump Tells Supporters To Go Home ‘in Peace’

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President Donald Trump on Wednesday told his supporters who were demonstrating in Washington, DC, to “go home with love and in peace,” though he simultaneously argued that protesters breaking into the U.S. Capitol was a consequence of the presidential election allegedly being stolen.

“These are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously and viciously stripped away from great patriots who have been badly and unfairly treated for so long,” Trump wrote on Twitter.

The president commented shortly after authorities confirmed that a woman who was shot at the Capitol on Wednesday had died. Details surrounding the shooting remain unclear. (Read more from “President Trump Tells Supporters To Go Home ‘in Peace’” HERE)

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Report: Mike Pence Does ‘Not Believe’ He Has ‘Power To Block Congressional Certification’; Trump Furiously Denies Reports

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By Breitbart. Vice President Mike Pence reportedly told President Trump Tuesday that he does not possess the power to block the certification of the election — a remark that followed Trump asserting the vice president, who is presiding over Wednesday’s joint session of Congress, has the “power to reject fraudulently chosen electors.”

According to a report from the New York Times, Pence reportedly told Trump “he did not believe he had the power to block congressional certification of Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s victory in the presidential election despite Mr. Trump’s baseless insistence that he did, people briefed on the conversation said.”

The report follows an earlier tweet from the president, who said that the vice president “has the power to reject fraudulently chosen electors”:

Congress will formally count the Electoral College votes on Wednesday. Objections from at least one lawmaker in both the House and Senate would trigger debates in both chambers — a phenomenon that is expected to happen, with over 100 GOP members of the House and over a dozen GOP senators signaling their intention to object to electors in disputed states. (Read more from “Mike Pence Does ‘Not Believe’ He Has ‘Power To Block Congressional Certification’” HERE)

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Trump Furiously Denies Reports Pence Told Him He Cannot Overturn Election Result

By Washington Examiner. President Trump angrily denounced as “fake news” a growing number of reports that Vice President Mike Pence told him he lacked the authority to overturn Electoral College votes when a joint session of Congress convenes to certify the election on Wednesday.

His reaction demonstrates how his repeated, unfounded claims that November’s election was stolen from him have heaped pressure on his most loyal deputy.

For its part, Pence’s office declined to comment on news that he used his weekly lunch with the president to deliver his message, according to the New York Times.

But Trump issued a statement late in the evening, insisting once again that Pence had multiple ways to overturn the result and that he had never said he lacked the power.

“He never said that,” said Trump. “The vice president and I are in total agreement that the vice president has the power to act.” (Read more from “Trump Furiously Denies Reports Pence Told Him He Cannot Overturn Election Result” HERE)

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How Taxpayers Lose Out if a Biden Administration Halts Construction on the Southwest Border Wall System

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Acting U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Mark Morgan had to take a moment for himself after he was told on December 31 that, against the odds, 450 miles of the new border wall system had been built. . .

All that progress of securing the southwest border, Morgan warned, can be undone with a Biden administration stopping construction, which Biden has promised to do. Not only will Americans lose out regarding a secure border, but Morgan said the cost to terminate the contracts will be pushed onto the taxpayer because contracts to build more of the border wall system have already been awarded.

“It is going to cost the taxpayers billions of dollars, billions of dollars in settlement fees. We’re going to walk away from areas of wall that have already been constructed. There’s going to be some areas where let’s say we already [dug] a trench and put some rebar in there. We’re actually going to stop and pay them extra to remove the rebar and fill in the trench. And in addition to that, we’ve got about 270 thousand tons of steel bollards that have been produced or are being produced that we’re just going to have to walk away from,” Morgan said.

“We’re either going to have to pay them additional money, on top of the money we paid for the materials, to either destroy what we paid them for already or to store it. It just defies logic for them to just walk away,” he added. (Read more from “How Taxpayers Lose Out if a Biden Administration Halts Construction on the Southwest Border Wall System” HERE)

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WATCH: Pro-Trump Protesters Clash With DC Police on Eve of Trump Rally

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Protesters clashed with police in Washington, D.C. Tuesday night as tensions flared on the eve of planned rallies by supporters of President Trump to contest the scheduled certification of the president’s election loss.

Videos posted on Twitter show police holding back crowds of pro-Trump protesters and using pepper spray during one of the more violent clashes posted on social media.

Another clip shows a line of cops seemingly taking a woman into custody while at least two other Trump supporters seem to scuffle with officers — but back up when the cops use pepper spray.

In another video, the Twitter poster said a woman at that site was left bloodied.

(Read more from “WATCH: Pro-Trump Protesters Clash With DC Police on Eve of Trump Rally” HERE)

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Trump Urges Georgia Election Official to Overturn Results; President Trump Goes Nuclear on Top Georgia Election Official

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By Fox News. President Trump insisted that he won the state of Georgia in the 2020 presidential race during a phone call with Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger over the weekend, reportedly urging him to “find” enough votes to reverse the state’s results.

The Washington Post reported on the conversation, and obtained audio of the phone call, which they published in full online Sunday.

During the call, the president reportedly says: “All I want to do is this. I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. Because we won the state.”

(listen to the audio recording here:)

(full audio is below)

Georgia certified election results show that Trump’s Democratic opponent Joe Biden won the state’s Nov. 3 election by 11,779 votes.

The president confirmed Sunday morning that he had spoken with Raffensperger on Saturday about “voter fraud in Georgia.” (Read more from “Trump Urges Georgia Election Official to Overturn Results” HERE)

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Trump Goes Nuclear on Top Georgia Election Official

By WND. President Trump slammed Georgia’s secretary of state on Sunday, saying the top election official in the Peach State “has no clue,” as the commander in chief continues to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential contest. . .

Jason Miller, a Trump campaign senior adviser, tweeted Sunday the “full recording will show that @GaSecofState is still a hack, @realDonaldTrump is spot-on in his criticisms of the terrible job Raffensperger did, all of the officials running Georgia’s elections are trash, and @POTUS won the state. #MAGA”

“They published 4 minutes and 31 seconds – where is the other 35 minutes? @GaSecofState Raffensperger is a political hack who doesn’t care about election integrity, nor does he care about telling the entire story. Release the full tape!”

(Read more from “Trump Goes Nuclear on Top Georgia Election Official” HERE)

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D.C. Mayor Readies National Guard For Trump March

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By Breitbart. Members of President Donald Trump’s campaign and grassroots groups from around the country will gather in Washington, DC, on Wednesday for the March to Save America on the White House lawn.

A pre-rally at Freedom Plaza and sister rallies at the Capitol and the Supreme Court are planned for Tuesday — all being staged to send a message to Congress about certifying the electoral vote for the 2020 presidential election, which is also taking place on Wednesday.

The main rally will take place on Wednesday at the Ellipsis at the White House—informally called “the President’s Lawn.” The event is open to the public but many of the seats are reserved. Gates will open at 7 a.m. and attendees will face a Secret Service checkpoint to enter the White House grounds.

A host of high-profile Trump supporters are expected to speak beginning at 9 a.m., including Donald Trump, Jr., Kimberly Guilfoyle, Amy Kremer, Rudy Giuliani, Katrina Pierson, Boris Ephsteyn, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, Diamond and Silk, Georgia State Rep. Vernon Jones, Roger Stone, Benny Johnson, Scott Presler, Bernie Kerik, and Ali Alexander. . .

Despite the rally being backed by the president and some of the millions of Americans who cast their votes for Trump on November 3, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has put the National Guard on standby and warned participants whom she said are “seeking confrontation.”

(Read more from “D.C. Mayor Readies National Guard For Trump March” HERE)

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DC Mayor Mobilizes National Guard To Police Massive Gatherings Of Trump Supporters

By Daily Caller. Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Monday that she was mobilizing roughly 100 D.C. National Guard troops to help police the thousands of Trump supporters expected to descend on the city in the coming days.

She stated during her Monday press conference that the troops will not be armed but will be expected to help Metro Police arrest individuals open carrying firearms.

“We will not allow people to incite violence, intimidate residents or cause destruction in our city,” Bowser stated before urging D.C. residents to avoid downtown and adding that she is contemplating instilling a curfew for Tuesday and Wednesday. (Read more from “DC Mayor Mobilizes National Guard To Police Massive Gatherings Of Trump Supporters” HERE)

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Military to Get Involved in Election Fight? Living Defense Secretaries Say No

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With Inauguration Day rapidly approaching on Jan. 20, all 10 of America’s living former defense secretaries are taking a stand regarding any potential involvement of U.S. military forces in determining the final outcome of the presidential race. And they’re all urging against joining the fight.

“Each of us swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. We did not swear it to an individual or a party,” wrote Mark Esper, James Mattis, Ash Carter, Chuck Hagel, Leon Panetta, Dick Cheney, William Cohen, Robert Gates, William Perry and Donald Rumsfeld in a joint op-ed published Sunday in the Washington Post.

“Efforts to involve the U.S. armed forces in resolving election disputes would take us into dangerous, unlawful and unconstitutional territory,” they stated.

“Civilian and military officials who direct or carry out such measures would be accountable, including potentially facing criminal penalties, for the grave consequences of their actions on our republic.” . . .

“Our elections have occurred. Recounts and audits have been conducted. Appropriate challenges have been addressed by the courts. Governors have certified the results. And the electoral college has voted. The time for questioning the results has passed; the time for the formal counting of the electoral college votes, as prescribed in the Constitution and statute, has arrived.” (Read more from “Military to Get Involved in Election Fight? Living Defense Secretaries Say No” HERE)

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