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President Barack Obama has issued a statement. “History will rightly remember today’s violence at the Capitol, incited by a sitting president who has continued to baselessly lie about the outcome of a lawful election, as a moment of great dishonor…”https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1346985976019574784 …
Stephanie Grisham, chief of staff for first lady Melania Trump, submitted her resignation Wednesday afternoon, effective immediately, in the wake of the violent protests, a White House official says.https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/06/politics/stephanie-grisham-white-house-resign/index.html …
Watch live: A joint session of Congress reconvenes Wednesday evening to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s win.https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1eaKbnwWlDoKX …
President Bill Clinton has issued a statement. “The match was lit by Donald Trump and his most ardent enablers, including many in Congress, to overturn the results of an election he lost.”https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1346981285923856387 …
On the eve of her Georgia Senate special election runoff, Sen. Kelly Loeffler said she would support the objection to the Electoral College certification process. Tonight, she reversed that decision.https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1346996748959539206 …
On Jan. 2, Sen. Marsha Blackburn said she could not “in good conscience turn a blind eye to the countless allegations of voter fraud” and would be objecting to the certification of Electoral College results. Tonight, she will vote in support.https://twitter.com/MarshaBlackburn/status/1347014657198977024 …
Washington D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser has extended the public emergency declared earlier today for a total of 15 days, through the end of President Trump’s term in office. https://twitter.com/MayorBowser/status/1347026775134662658 …pic.twitter.com/4D8tSM5Km6
Sen. Cynthia Lummis reversed her decision to object the Electoral College results, and voted on Wednesday to certify the results in favor of President-elect Joe Biden.https://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/lummis-changes-course-votes-to-certify-election-results/article_e4441540-233a-5175-9a10-9de1237cb8f8.html …
Four people died as supporters of President Trump violently occupied the U.S. Capitol. — One woman died after being shot by U.S. Capitol Police as the mob tried to break through a barricaded door in the Capitol — Three others died in “medical emergencies”https://apnews.com/article/ap-electoral-college-congress-7af85d3c702e070464d7713c42cf254a …
In less than 36 hours, Sen. Kelly Loeffler said she would oppose certifying the presidential election, lost her own Senate race, returned to a Capitol in chaos and ultimately voted to recognize Joe Biden’s victory.
New from @AmandaBecker:https://bit.ly/2Lo6RVo
The woman who was fatally shot as a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol was 35-year-old Ashli Babbitt, her former husband told @washingtonpost.
“She was never afraid to speak her mind and in a way this was her way of speaking her mind (going to the rally).”https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/07/ashli-babbitt-dead-capitol-riot/ …
Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao is resigning in the wake of the invasion of the Capitol building. Chao is the first Cabinet secretary to resign and is married to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Via @Axios: https://www.axios.com/white-house-resignations-9e040faa-8058-40f0-a820-b24b65ad6cef.html …pic.twitter.com/8Rnla6VnoS
.@SecElaineChao’s resignation statement:https://twitter.com/SecElaineChao/status/1347250653802983431 …
Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday called for the removal of President Donald Trump from office either by invocation of the 25th Amendment by Vice President Mike Pence and a majority of the Cabinet members or impeachment.https://bit.ly/2LaBHkA
“If the vice president or Cabinet do not act, the Congress may be prepared to move forward with impeachment,” Pelosi told reporters.https://bit.ly/2LaBHkA
Lambda Legal, the Human Rights Campaign, the National LGBTQ Task Force and the Transgender Law Center are all calling for the immediate removal of President Donald Trump after Wednesday’s violent insurrection at the Capitol. “He is directly responsible.”https://bit.ly/2LxSAoZ
First lady @MichelleObama has issued a statement about Wednesday’s violent insurrection at the Capitol.
“What if these rioters had looked like the folks who go to Ebenezer Baptist Church every Sunday? What would have been different?” (1/2)https://twitter.com/MichelleObama/status/1347284244763127810 …
Cont’d: “Seeing the gulf between the responses to yesterday’s riot and this summer’s peaceful protests and the larger movement for racial justice is so painful. It hurts.” (2/2)https://twitter.com/MichelleObama/status/1347284257551638529 …
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