The former vice president said that for demonstrators to storm the Capitol, smash windows, occupy offices, invade Congress and threaten the safety of duly elected officials: "It's not a protest, it's insurrection." In a video posted to Twitter, Trump repeated his false claims about election fraud but urged the protesters to leave. Police later cleared protesters off the Capitol steps, according to video, and were working to clear them from the building. Critics had called the effort by the Republican lawmakers an attack on American democracy and the rule of law and an attempted legislative coup. "This is un-American and this has to stop," said House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy, a Trump ally who supported the Republican effort to challenge the results.

Source: bd News24 January 06, 2021 22:41 UTC