President Donald Trump condemned supporters who stormed Capitol Hill in stronger terms on Thursday, calling for renewed bonds of patriotism during the transition of power to President-elect Joe Biden.
“This moment calls for healing and reconciliation,” Trump said. “2020 has been a challenging time for our people.” . . .
“The demonstrators who infiltrated the capitol have defiled the seat of American democracy,” Trump said. “To those who engage in the acts of violence and destruction, you do not represent our country, and to those who broke the law, you will pay.”
“America is and must always be a nation of law and order,” Trump said, adding that although “emotions are high” after the election, “tempers must be cooled.” . . .
“To all of my wonderful supporters, I know that you are disappointed, but I also want you to know that our incredible journey is only just beginning,” he concluded.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said during a press conference Thursday that if Vice President Mike Pence does not move forward with efforts to remove President Donald Trump from office, then the House might impeach the 45th president.
Pelosi signaled her support for using the 25th Amendment and floated that the House may try to remove Trump from office via impeachment.
“If the vice president and the cabinet do not act, the congress may be prepared to move forward with impeachment,” Pelosi said.
“Yesterday, the president of the United States incited an armed insurrection against America,” she added.
“This is urgent; this is an emergency of the highest magnitude,” Pelosi said. The California Democrat called Trump “a very dangerous person who should not continue in office.” (Read more from “Pelosi: Congress May Move Forward With Trump Impeachment” HERE)
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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!”
BREAKING: Trump supporters have breached the Capitol building, tearing down 4 layers of security fencing and are attempting to occupy the building — fighting federal police who are overrun
This is the craziest thing I’ve ever seen in my life. Thousands, police can’t stop them pic.twitter.com/VVdTUwV5YN
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)
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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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.”
I am drawing up Articles of Impeachment.
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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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)
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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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”:
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)
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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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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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.
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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)
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. . .
I spoke to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger yesterday about Fulton County and voter fraud in Georgia. He was unwilling, or unable, to answer questions such as the “ballots under table” scam, ballot destruction, out of state “voters”, dead voters, and more. He has no clue!
Respectfully, President Trump: What you're saying is not true. The truth will come out https://t.co/ViYjTSeRcC
— GA Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (@GaSecofState) January 3, 2021
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!”
And 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. #MAGAhttps://t.co/uqdRTdqUhf
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