Newly sworn in Illinois Republican Congresswoman Mary Miller on Friday apologized for quoting Adolf Hitler at a rally outside the U.S. Capitol this week.
CHEYENNE â A nonviolent protest Wednesday against the results of the 2020 presidential election led to police placing the State Capitol on lockdown as a precautionary measure.
Around 300 people protested in Cheyenne, a scene that played out around statehouses from Georgia to New Mexico, while thousands of Trump supporters gathered in Washington, D.C., some of them storming the nationâs Capitol, forcing lawmakers to shelter in place.
Protests took place Wednesday across the country as the U.S. House and Senate prepared to certify the Electoral College vote and make former Democratic Vice President Joe Bidenâs Nov. 3 election victory official. They hoisted signs that read âStop the stealâ and âFour more years,â and waved American flags, Confederate flags and âTrump 2020â banners. Most didnât wear masks amid the coronavirus pandemic, and in places including Oklahoma, Georgia, Arizona, Nevada and Washington state, some carried guns.
Facing increasing calls for her resignation after citing Adolf Hitler in a recent speech, newly inaugurated Downstate Illinois Congresswoman Mary Miller apologized Friday and said she regretted using the reference while blaming others for “intentionally trying to twist my words.” Miller, only days into office, received condemnation from Republicans and Democrats alike as well as Jewish anti-defamation groups for referencing the Nazi master of the Holocaust in a Tuesday speech to Moms for America, a conservative group that says its mission is to “raise a new generation of patriots” through “the mothers of America.”