Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson declared “solidarity with Israel” despite past antisemitic comments and issued a proclamation in his capacity as acting governor with Gov. Roy Cooper out of the country.
This MLK Day, his message is as poignant as ever after Capitol racism, NC leaders say Martha Quillin, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Jan. 16 In what is sure to become an iconic documentary photo, rioters climbing the west wall of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 in their jeans and winter coats are starkly silhouetted against the building s pale gray stone.
As the siege played out for hours on laptops and TVs, many Americans who watched couldn t help but see another glaring contrast: the relative ease with which hundreds of mostly white supporters of President Donald Trump were able to illegally occupy the building that serves as the heart of American democracy on the day Congress planned to affirm the victors of the 2020 presidential election.