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By February 10, 2021 - 9:39 pm Senate President Craig Blair, left, and House Speaker Roger Hanshaw and Wednesday s State of the State Address. (WV Legislative Photography, Photo by Perry Bennett) CHARLESTON, W.Va. Members of the legislature emerged from the House Chamber Wednesday night with various opinions about Gov. Jim Justice’s plan to cut the state income tax in half and using tax increases to replace a portion of the revenue. Eric Householder House Finance Committee Chairman Eric Householder, R-Berkeley, said he’s been waiting to have the income tax discussion for the 10-plus years he’s been in the legislature. ....
Barricaded in a small room and spooked by noises from the outside, U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel calmly said the mob of President Trump’s supporters that descended on the Capitol on Wednesday would not deter her or other lawmakers from certifying the election of President-elect Joe Biden. When asked if she was safe at about 4 p.m., the former West Palm Beach mayor said: “I hope so. I don’t know.” The West Palm Beach Democrat said she had to speak very softly and could not disclose her location in the Capitol. The mayhem, disorder and violence seen during the almost daylong occupation of the U.S. Capitol followed an inflammatory speech by Trump earlier Wednesday outside the White House. The president told the crowd that the election had been rigged by radical Democrats and the fake news media. ....
Scenes of the riot were reminiscent of a forceful governmental overthrow more familiar in authoritarian regimes, not in the world s oldest democracy. ....