Chaos at the Capitol: Extremists Storm Congress During Electoral College Certification 3 months ago cuatower
By Jeremy Perillo
On the day Congress was mandated by the Constitution to certify the Electoral College votes for the 2020 presidential election, pro-Trump extremists overtook Capitol Police and stormed into the Capitol building. An overwhelmingly pro-Trump mob, having gathered in D.C. to protest the election results, marched to Capitol Hill following “Stop the Steal” rallies and was able to force entry into the building.
The country’s hub of democracy has not faced such a major attack since 1814, when the British army burned down the Capitol building during the War of 1812. The scenes of American citizens bashing in windows and running around the halls of Congress were portrayed across the world, to an utterly shocked audience.
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WASHINGTON Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has become the second Cabinet secretary to resign a day after a pro-Trump insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
In a resignation letter Thursday, DeVos blamed President Donald Trump for inflaming tensions in the violent assault on the seat of the nation s democracy. She says, There is no mistaking the impact your rhetoric had on the situation, and it is the inflection point for me.
In a farewell letter to Congress earlier this week, DeVos urged lawmakers to reject policies supported by President-elect Joe Biden, and to protect Trump administration policies that Biden has promised to eliminate.