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image captionPro-Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol building in Washington DC on Wednesday
The Conservatives are investigating comments by one of their senior Welsh politicians who compared rioting in the US Congress to people who backed a second referendum on Brexit.
Andrew RT Davies faced calls to retract tweets aimed at Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and Senedd member Alun Davies.
The Tory politician later tweeted that violence must never be tolerated .
Labour is demanding that Mr Davies be suspended and barred from standing as a Conservative in this year s Welsh Parliament election.
The Capitol was breached by the rioters as federal lawmakers met to confirm President-elect Joe Biden s win in the 2020 US election.