‘It was a sad day for our country’: Former Texas House Speaker Joe Straus condemns violence at US Capitol
San Antonio Republican says President Donald Trump ‘is trying to dismantle our democracy’
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SAN ANTONIO – Former Texas House Speaker Joe Straus, a Republican, condemned the violence at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday in an interview with KSAT 12, saying that what transpired in Washington was “reprehensible and was a sad day for our country.”
“I think it terribly damages and diminishes the reputation of the United States around the world,” Straus said in an interview Wednesday with anchors Steve Spriester and Myra Arthur. “I think the president and his enablers over time, these last couple of months in particular, by trying to promote this baseless claim of a stolen election, had led to a very unfortunate point in our country and the faith that Americans need to have for our institutions.”