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Protesters storm the Capitol and halt a joint session of the 117th Congress, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
‘This is not America’: World gapes in horror at pro-Trump attack on Capitol
By Shashank Bengali, Kate Linthicum and Erik Kirschbaum, Los Angeles Times, (TNS)
SINGAPORE — For four years, the world has watched with surprise, horror and in some places glee as President Donald Trump battered one democratic norm after another, exposing the so-called leader of the free world as just another troubled and deeply divided nation.
Still, the planet was little prepared for the stunning scenes Wednesday, when a pro-Trump mob, some flying Confederate flags, stormed the U.S. Capitol to disrupt a congressional vote certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s electoral victory.