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Under heavy guard, US Congress back to work after Trump supporters storm Capitol

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By SRI NewsDesk Published January 7, 2021
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Hundreds of US President Donald Trump’s sympathizers stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday in a stunning shot to capsize his election defeat, battling police in the hallways and delaying the instrument of Popular President-elect Joe Biden’s palm for hours.

In the gravest assault on the symbol of American republic in further than 200 times, rioters forced their way once essence security fences, broke windows and gauged walls to fight their way into the Capitol.

Police said four people failed during the chaos — one from projectile injuries and three from medical extremities — and 52 people were arrested.

Some besieged the House of Representatives chamber while lawgivers were outside, banging on its doors and forcing suspense of the instrument debate. Security officers piled cabinetwork against the chamber’s door and drew their fireballs before helping lawgivers and others escape.

Hours latterly, both houses of Congress proceeded their work on certifying Biden’s Electoral College win, with debate stretching into the early hours of Thursday. It snappily came clear that expostulations frompro-Trump Democratic lawgivers to Biden’s palm in battlefield countries would be rejected overwhelmingly, including by utmost Republicans.

“ To those who extorted annihilation in our Capitol moment — you didn’t win,” Vice President Mike Pence, who presided over the session, said as it proceeded. “ Let’s get back to work,” he said, drawing applause.

Police Plodded for further than three hours after the irruption to clear the Capitol of Trump sympathizers before declaring the structure secure shortly after 530 pm (2230 GMT).

The assault on the Capitol was the capstone of months of divisive and raising rhetoric around the Nov 3 election, with Trump constantly making false claims that the vote was outfitted and prompting his sympathizers to help him capsize his loss.

The chaos unfolded after Trump — who before the election refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he lost — addressed thousands of sympathizers near the White House and told them to march on the Capitol to express their wrathfulness at the voting process.

He told his sympathizers to press their tagged officers to reject the results, prompting them “ to fight”.
Trump came under ferocious fire from some prominent Republicans in Congress, who put the blame for the days violence exactly on his shoulders.

“ There’s no question that the President formed the mob, the President incited the mob, the President addressed the mob. He lit the honey,” House Republican Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney said on Twitter.

Democratic Senator Tom Cotton, a leading conservative from Arkansas, called on Trump to accept his election loss and “ quit misleading the American people and repudiate mob violence”.

A source familiar with the situation said there have been conversations among some Cabinet members and Trump abettors about invoking the 25th Correction, which would allow a maturity of the Cabinet to declare Trump unfit to perform his duties, making Pence the acting chairman.

A alternate source familiar with the trouble misdoubted it would go anywhere with Trump having just two further weeks in office.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who had remained silent while Trump has sought to capsize the election result, called the irruption a “ failed revolution” and promised that “ we won’t bow to lawlessness or intimidation”.

“ We’re back in our posts. We’ll discharge our duty under the constitution, and for our nation. And we’re going to do it tonight,” he said.

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