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Moment of great dishonour, shame : Obama slams Trump, says he incited US Capitol violence
Slamming President Donald Trump for inciting violence on the US Capitol, his predecessor Barack Obama has mentioned itâs a second of ânice dishonour and disgraceâ for the US. The assertion of the former common president got here hours after hundreds of pro-Trump rioters on Wednesday stormed the US Capitol, interrupting a joint session of Congress the place lawmakers have been set to certify President-elect Joe Bidenâs win.
âHistorical past will rightly keep in mind in the present dayâs violence on the Capitol, incited by a sitting president who has continued to baselessly lie in regards to the consequence of a lawful election, as a second of nice dishonour and disgrace for our nation. However we might be kidding ourselves if we handled it as a complete shock,â Obama mentioned in a prolonged assertion.
The US Congress has resumed the final stage of the confirmation of Joe Biden as the next President and Kamala Harris as the Vice President, hours after sitting President Donald Trump s supporters violently stormed the Capitol building. According to police, Four people have died as Trump supporters violently occupied the US Capitol in a bid to overturn the election results. The deceased included a woman who was shot by the US Capitol Police and three others who died in medical emergencies.