Right wing mob storms the U.S. Capitol in an effort to delay presidential winner certification
A group of right-wing extremists mobbed the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6 in an attempt to object to the certification of the electoral college results appointing Joe Biden as the next president of the United States. The attempted coup resulted in a lockdown of the Capitol building as well as a curfew of 6 p.m. set by the D.C. mayor. Five people died during the attack, including one woman shot by police, one police officer assaulted by the mob and three other people due to unannounced medical emergencies. While only 68 arrests have been made, the D.C. police department and FBI are looking for information on those who participated in the riot.
Joe Biden is the certified winner of the U.S. presidential election
Congress confirmed Joe Biden as the official winner of the 2020 presidential election, only hours after they were placed on lockdown and escorted off the congress floor due to a mob of Trump supporters breaking and entering into the Capitol building. While originally over a dozen Republican lawmakers claimed to have plans to object to the electoral college results, only six objected in the final count. Despite the objections, vice president Mike Pence announced Joe Biden as the formal winner of the election in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Many call for Donald Trump’s impeachment after violence in the Capitol
Many lawmakers, both Democratic and Republican alike, are calling for the resignation or second impeachment of current President Donald Trump following the violence that occured when a mob of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced that the House would be pursuing a second impeachment of Donald Trump if he did not resign immediately. Senator Lisa Murkowski is the first Republican lawmaker to publicly call for Trump’s immediate removal from office.
