AARON CERBONE
Members of Congress, including North Country Rep. Elise Stefanik, were evacuated from the House chamber during Wednesday’s Electoral College ballot count as a mob of violent supporters of Donald Trump broke in and swarmed the Capitol building, protesting the election in which Joe Biden defeated Trump.
Stefanik and her staff were safe, she said in an email at 3:10 p.m. She also condemned the mob’s actions.
“Americans have a Constitutional right to protest & freedom of speech,” she wrote, “but violence in any form is absolutely unacceptable & anti-American. We pray that all of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, their staff, & all Americans remain safe.
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Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier Jan. 6 at the Capitol in Washington. As Congress prepared to affirm President-elect Joe Biden s victory, thousands of people gathered to show their support for President Donald Trump and his claims of election fraud. (AP photo â John Minchillo) Members of Congress, including North Country Rep. Elise Stefanik, were evacuated from the House chamber during Wednesday’s Electoral College ballot count as a mob of violent supporters of Donald Trump broke in and swarmed the Capitol building, protesting the election in which Joe Biden defeated Trump. Stefanik and her staff were safe, she said in an email at 3:10 p.m. She also condemned the mob’s actions.