Trump supporters gather at the Save America March in Washington, D.C., one of several events held to protest the formal certification of the 2020 presidential election by Congress. | The Christian Post/Ryan Foley
WASHINGTON Thousands of supporters of President Donald Trump braved the cold weather at the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., Wednesday as they sought to show their support for the president and protest the certification of the Electoral College votes for the 2020 presidential election.
Trump supporters from across the country waited in line for hours to get into the Save America March, an event hosted by the Women for America First, a pro-Trump group. The event was one of many taking place on Capitol Hill as the results of the 2020 presidential election continue to be plagued by allegations of fraud.
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RPT-INSIGHT-How security failures enabled Trump mob to storm U.S. Capitol Reuters 1/7/2021
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By Joseph Tanfani, John Shiffman, Brad Heath and Mark Hosenball
Jan 6 (Reuters) - The bloody chaos inside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday came after the police force that protects the legislative complex was overrun by a mob of Trump supporters in what law enforcement officials called a catastrophic failure to prepare.
The siege of the Capitol, home to both the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives, represents one of the gravest security lapses in recent U.S. history, current and former law enforcement officials said, turning one of the most recognizable symbols of American power into a locus of political violence.
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