Month: January 2021

Protesters Flood Statehouses in 17 States: Epoch Times

Supporters of President Donald Trump flocked to the capitals of more than a dozen states on Jan. 6 as a group of protesters in Washington broke into the U.S. Capitol. Small and mostly peaceful protests challenging the legitimacy of the 2020 election took place outside the statehouses in Arizona, California, Mississipi, Tennessee, Minnesota, Georgia, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Washington, Ohio, Oregon, Kansas, Hawaii, Wisconsin, and South Carolina. Signs saying “Stop the steal” and “Four more years” were common throughout amid the president’s ongoing dispute of the election results in seven states. Only a few arrests were reported and scuffles broke out in states like Ohio and California.

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Pelosi: House Will Proceed With Electoral Certification After It’s Cleared by Police: Epoch Times

“In consultation with Leader Hoyer and Whip Clyburn and after calls to the Pentagon, the Justice Department and the Vice President, we have decided we should proceed tonight at the Capitol once it is cleared for use,” Pelosi said in a statement on Wednesday night, referring to Reps. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.).
She added that “we always knew this responsibility would take us into the night,” adding that members of Congress and staff “should remain on the Capitol complex until they are notified by the United States Capitol Police.”

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Electoral College Vote Count and Debate Halted After Protesters Breach Capitol Building: Epoch Times

The breach interrupted concurrent debates in the House and Senate over an objection to the counting of a slate of presidential electors from Arizona for former Vice President Joe Biden. Protesters, some of whom were dressed in Trump apparel, entered the building through a broken window, one video posted on social media shows. The building may have been breached in more than one location. Other videos showed protesters carrying American and Trump flags walking through the hall connecting the two chambers of the Capitol. A photograph showed one protester in the presiding officer’s chair in the Senate chamber. …The president said that the election was “fraudulent,” but cautioned supporters to not “play into the hands of these people … we have to have peace.”

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Lankford: Millions of Americans Being Told to ‘Sit Down and Shut Up:’ Epoch Times

Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) on Jan. 6 said he felt supporters of President Donald Trump were being told not to voice their concerns about the 2020 election. …“The reason we have a Congress to settle our nation’s divisions, and the rules of the Senate make sure that every opinion in the nation is heard, is so issues like this can be addressed. The constitutional crisis in our country right now is that millions of Americans are being told to sit down and shut up.
“Their opinions matter.” …Lankford pushed back on colleagues, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who accused objectors of trying to overturn the election and flip it from Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden to President Donald Trump.

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US Army Vet reacts to Capitol attack: Newsmax

US Army Combat Veteran Cory Mills comments on the tense situation seen Wednesday at the Capitol: “I’m p***ed off at what I am seeing on American soil, I’m pissed off that I fought in Iraq and Afghanistan fighting this terroristic behavior only to see it on our soil.” – via The Chris Salcedo Show, weekdays at 5PM ET on Newsmax TV

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Pence ‘Didn’t Have the Courage’ to Reject Electoral Votes, Trump Says: Epoch Times

“Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “USA demands the truth!”
…Trump has been urging Pence in the days leading to the joint session that he should discard electoral votes from battleground states where the integrity of the election is being questioned. Speaking to a supportive crowd outside the White House, Trump on Wednesday once again called on his vice president to use the power to reject presidential election results from those states.

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Photos: Protesters Storm US Capitol Building During Joint Session: Epoch Times

Protesters stormed the U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Wednesday. Photos showed them inside the chambers of the House and Senate.Police with guns drawn watch as protesters try to break into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo) There were reports of shots fired in the Capitol building. House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said he heard the shots, according to Fox News, and called on President Trump to issue a statement.

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Trump Makes Statement to Capitol Protesters, Calls on Them to ‘Go Home Now:’ Epoch Times

President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on protesters who were amassed near the U.S. Capitol building during the Joint Session of Congress to go home, while asserting that the election was stolen from him. “You have to go home now. We have to have peace. We have to have law and order and great people in law [enforcement],” Trump said in a video address. Trump asserted that the election was “fraudulent,” but stipulated that Capitol protesters “can’t play into the hands of these people … we have to have peace.” “We love you, you’re very special,” he said, adding, “I know how you feel.”

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National Guard en Route to Capitol on Orders From Trump: Epoch Times

The National Guard and other forces are on their way to the U.S. Capitol after people dressed in pro-Trump apparel stormed the building on Wednesday, interrupting a joint session of Congress. At President Donald Trump’s direction, “the National Guard is on the way along with other federal protective services,” White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said in a statement. “We reiterate President Trump’s call against violence and to remain peaceful,” she added. After the protesters entered the building, triggering the evacuation of members of Congress, at least one person appeared to have been shot.

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Mitch McConnell: Congress Cannot Overturn Election: Epoch Times

“Every election we know features some illegality and irregularity, and of course that’s unacceptable. I support strong state-led voting reforms. Last year’s bizarre pandemic procedures must not become the new norm. But my colleagues, nothing before us proves illegality anywhere near the massive scale that would have tipped the entire election. Nor can public doubt alone justify a radical break when the doubt itself was incited without any evidence,” McConnell said on the Senate floor. McConnell said he supported President Donald Trump’s legal efforts to challenge election results and noted that some of the judges who ruled against the president were nominated by the Republican himself. [Nonetheless, McConnell has huge reasons to side with China-Biden, see earlier post of today about McConnell’s Chinese wife and her huge financial ties to China that the CCP are likely leveraging]

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