Even some of Donald Trump’s enduring supporters have had enough. “I can’t even wrap my head around what happened at the Capitol,” said Neil Shaffer, chair of a county Republican party in northern Iowa. “I’m disappointed in Trump. Obviously the rhetoric was nothing short of inciting a riot.” As Trump’s presidency winds down with a final burst of chaos and belligerence, the storming of the Capitol by supporters attempting to overturn Joe Biden’s.
January 7, 2021
Insurgents climb the walls to the Capitol terrace during an alt-right riot on Jan. 6. Photo courtesy of The New York Times.
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After erecting a full-sized gallows in front of the Capitol Reflecting Pool, hundreds of camouflage-bedecked insurrectionists forced their way into the United States Capitol Building on Jan. 6 in an unequivocal act of domestic terrorism. The building was besieged for over five hours by white supremacists acting with the encouragement of President Donald Trump, whose speech at an alt-right rally earlier that day fomented the attack on the nation’s seat of legislative power.
By Emily Zantow - The Washington Times - Thursday, January 7, 2021
Army Secretary Ryan D. McCarthy on Thursday said a 7-foot non-scalable fence is being erected around the U.S. Capitol after protesters stormed the building Wednesday.
Officials began putting up the fence Thursday morning, Mr. McCarthy said during a press conference. It will enclose the Capitol, running along Constitution Avenue on the north, First Street NE on the east, Independence Avenue on the south, and in front of the Capitol Reflecting Pool on the west.
Mr. McCarthy also said 6,200 National Guard members from the District and nearby states will be deployed throughout the city this weekend.
WASHINGTON Things were quiet outside the U.S. Capitol Thursday morning.
If you hadn’t known the day before had been violent, destructive and filled with illegal actions here, you wouldn’t guessed anything of the sort had happened Wednesday.
Yes, there were plenty of Capitol and Washington police. There were members of what I assumed were the National Guard I didn’t get close enough to tell. Where they all were 24 hours earlier, I wasn’t going to ask.
But the U.S. flag was still flying from the Capitol and people who belonged there were getting in and out with no apparent problem. No residual danger felt present from Wednesday afternoon’s mob acts of insurrection.
Votes could come as early as Sunday.
The United States Capitol, center, the Capitol Reflecting Pool, foreground, the U.S. Supreme Court, back left of Capitol, the Library of Congress Jefferson Building, back right of the Capitol and the RFK Stadium, center background, Wednesday, May 31, 2006, in Washington. Author: Associated Press Updated: 12:01 AM MST December 20, 2020
WASHINGTON Top congressional lawmakers have cleared away the last major obstacle to agreement on a COVID-19 economic relief package costing nearly $1 trillion.
Votes could come as early as Sunday.
A fight over Federal Reserve emergency powers has been defused by a Senate odd couple. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a liberal New York Democrat, sealed the deal with GOP Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, a prominent conservative.