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2021-01-07 14:44:44 UTC: UPDATE (See below the fold).
Pro-Trump rioters breach the US Capitol on historic day in Congress:
Supporters of President Donald Trump breached the US Capitol on Wednesday while Congress was meeting to certify the Electoral College's votes for president and vice president.
The Capitol has been put on lockdown and the certification vote has been paused. Vice President Mike Pence was evacuated from the building. House and Senate leadership is safe and in undisclosed locations, according to a person familiar with the situation.
Congress' counting of electoral votes is typically little more than an afterthought. But this joint session was expected to be a contentious affair that would last late into the evening and possibly on Thursday. Some Republicans are objecting to the count and delaying the inevitable certification of President-elect Joe Biden's win.
Also at AlJazeera (In Pictures: Pro-trump mob storms US Capitol building) and c|net (Mob storms Capitol forcing halt of election vote count).
[2021-01-06 22:33:53 UTC; UPDATE] NOTE: This is a chaotic time.
The Electoral College votes are currently being confirmed and tallied. Runoff votes in Georgia are being tallied and the results may swing the balance of power in the US Senate. The Georgia secretary of state [has been] relocated from [State] Capitol for security reasons. Mitch McConnell goes off on Trump. Pro-Trump reporter gloats over access to fleeing Hill staffer's computer. And Trump hand-picks replacement for Atlanta's US attorney after surprise resignation.
Let's please try and keep the discussion civil.
Also, please be polite and share your popcorn!
[Updates Begin]:
(1) Fox News reports Biden's Electoral College victory certified -- hours after Capitol chaos:
The U.S. Congress early Thursday certified the Electoral College vote that gave Democrat Joe Biden his presidential victory -- after a day in Washington that was marred by pro-Trump protesters storming the U.S. Capitol.
Vice President Mike Pence, who had announced he would not overturn the will of voters, confirmed the Biden victory at 3:41 a.m. ET.
Lawmakers had returned to the chamber in an act of defiance, with some Republicans who initially vowed to challenge states' results due to voter fraud concerns announcing they'd instead vote to certify.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., called the breach of the Capitol a "failed insurrection," adding that those who "tried to disrupt our democracy" had not succeeded.
(2) President Trump "Responds" via Staffer's Twitter Account after His Account was Suspended:
Statement by President Donald J. Trump on the Electoral Certification:
"Even though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless there will be an orderly transition on January 20th. I have always said we would continue our...
...fight to ensure that only legal votes were counted. While this represents the end of the greatest first term in presidential history, it's only the beginning of our fight to Make America Great Again!"
(3) Facebook, Twitter lock Trump's account following video addressing Washington rioters:
- Twitter and Facebook on Wednesday said they would lock the account of President Donald Trump after he continued to make false claims about the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
- Facebook, YouTube and Twitter on Wednesday removed a video by President Donald Trump addressing Washington rioters.
- Meanwhile, calls are mounting for Twitter and Facebook to suspend Trump's accounts.
(4) The Associated Press has called the results for the Georgia Senate elections: both Democratic candidates defeated their GOP opponents:
With projected victories in the twin races of Warnock and Ossoff, President-elect Joe Biden will have the narrowest majority in the Senate, with both parties holding 50-50 seats apiece, allowing the tie-breaking vote to be cast by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
Also at The New York Times.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Phoenix666 on Thursday January 07 2021, @05:51PM (6 children)
When you demonize the other as Azuma did, there is no reconciliation. There will be a fight.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 3, Touché) by Tork on Thursday January 07 2021, @06:36PM
🏳️🌈 Proud Ally 🏳️🌈
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 07 2021, @06:50PM (2 children)
Yet you've been totally silent as Runaway and others do the exact same thing. Take your gaslighting bullshit and shove it up your feefee ass. Republicans have demonized liberals and called for imprisonment and murder of their political opponents for yeeeaaaaaaars now. Strangely you were silent the entire time.
What horse shit
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 08 2021, @12:38AM (1 child)
Right back at you cupcake. Your side was looking to impeach Trump before he was ever sworn in. Probably before the November 2016 election even took place, your side was plotting.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 08 2021, @10:57PM
Well, he was already incompetent and illegal even before he was elected, so there was more than enough grounds for impeaching him prior. Would have saved the US a lot of fuss.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 07 2021, @06:56PM
Ah, yes, Phoenix666 Chamberlain has arrived! What you fail to realize, Recurring Bird, is that Azumi did not demonize them, they are demons! Compromising with evil just gets you attacked later on, as England found out. These people are fascists. Fortunately, they are also cowards, so the "fight" will be rather short. And mostly only with law enforcement.
(Score: 2, Disagree) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday January 08 2021, @02:42AM
People like that deserve no civility. This rioting and terrorism in the heart of the nation is the distillation of what the Trump message was all about and who its base always truly was. Hard to demonize people like that more than they demonize themselves already, you know?
Your problem is, you used to be a halfway-decent (or at least decent-acting) person, but your rich whiteboy angst got in the way and you got partially transformed into one of these revanchist lunatics. So now you're taking it very personally when someone rightfully calls them--and by extension, YOU--out on their, and your, terroristic behavior and guilt by association. Well too bad, asshole. Lie down with dogs, get up with fleas. You are now as bad as Runaway and in some ways worse because you're not going to die so soon and put us out of your misery.
You brought this on yourself. Go to Hell. Go *directly* to Hell. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200, but instead go straight to Hell.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...