Angry twitterati: Indians watch US Capitol violence with dismay, strong feelings
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Fri, Jan 8 2021 12:36 IST |
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New Delhi, Jan 8 : The extraordinary situation that engulfed Washington after thousands of President Donald Trumps supporters, egged on by his speech, rioted in the US Capitol, made the day for the Twitterati. The formal, boring, administrative capital city of the US turned into a spectacle for a day as mobs indulged in rioting in the citadel of democracy.
Amidst a global shock and dismay at the ungainly scenes, Twitter erupted with myriad reactions at the violent conduct Trump s supporters displayed in the Capitol building - the temple of democracy. India Narrative collects reactions of prominent Indians both in the US and India.
Several Indian American supporters of President Donald Trump â including some who attended a Jan. 6 rally outside the Capitol Building that devolved into mayhem â denounced the mob violence that afternoon, as protesters jumped through barricades to enter the building and freely roamed the House and Senate Chambers.
Hemant Bhatt, founder of Indian Voices For Trump and the South Asian Republican Coalition â who attended the rally with a group of Trump supporters from New Jersey â told
India-West: âWe never expected this to happen. We expected a peaceful protest.â
âI am a patriot, a Republican. But this is not what America is about,â he said.
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