Republican lawmakers have expressed frustration over President Trump
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For months, Trump has made unfounded allegations that the election is “knee-jerk” and has urged his supporters to gather in Washington, including that he should go to the Capitol lawn. On Wednesday, a pro-Trump gang stormed the Capitol, damaging and vandalizing the building, including rooms and leadership offices.
GOP lawmakers, many of whom have been close to Trump since coming to power in 2017, have pointed to his rhetoric as a driving force behind Wednesday’s violence.
“Today we witnessed the damage that can occur when men in power and responsibility refuse to admit the truth. We have seen bloodshed because a demagogue chose to spread falsehoods and sow distrust in his own fellow Americans. “Let us not commit such fraud,” said Sen. Pat Toomey
Patrick (Pat) Joseph Toomey’s government used the Patriot Act to collect visitor files on the site in 2019. The Court of Appeal rules that the NSA’s collection of telephone data illegally withdraws Dunford from the chair of the Coronavirus surveillance panel (R-Pa.) Said from the Senate floor.
Asked if he thinks Trump’s rhetoric is causing the riots, Sen. Mike Rounds
Mike Rounds Senate intends to veto Trump’s defense bill Senate GOP against Trump: The election is over McConnell insists GOP senators should no longer object to the Electoral College. (RS.D.) said he did not see all of the president’s comments, but “he certainly did not help.”
“Like anything, he insisted on a very emotional situation, very inappropriate behavior by people who are apparently his supporters,” Rounds said.
Sen. Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Olin Graham In Georgia’s Senate Spending Records Shatter The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Facebook – Georgia’s Election Day is finally here; Trump hopes Pence ‘gets through to us’ to make the results of Trump’s power disappear MORE in recent weeks (RS.C.), who has now joined Trump, said in a fiery speech that he tried to support the president, but “enough is enough.”
“Trump and I, we’ve had a hell of a journey. I hate that it’s so … All I can say is count me out. Enough is enough … We need to end this,” Graham said. . .
Sen. Kevin Cramer
Kevin John Cramer, North Dakota senator on decision to support Electoral College: ‘It was brutal’ The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Facebook – Georgia’s election day is finally here; Trump hopes Pence ‘comes through’ for us to reverse the results of the Senate’s GOP opposition becomes more opposed to objecting to the results of the Electoral College (RN.D.) said Trump “bears some responsibility” for the violence at the Capitol.
“Today, when I look at his speech, I have to admit I’m gasping. I mean, first his treatment of Mike Pence
Michael (Mike) Richard Pence Trump attorney Jay Sekulow refutes allegations of Pence authority over voters Trump’s election campaign puts Pence in a no-win situation. Pence assistant rejects Navarro claim that VP can delay election certification MORE “if there was nothing else, his treatment of Mike Pence is unfair, wrong and really unfortunate,” Cramer said, adding that the president’s treatment of his number 2 was ‘really annoying’. “
Cramer added that Trump’s rhetoric in the election, including urging his supporters to gather outside the Capitol, ‘incited’ and ‘fueled’.
It was already expected that Wednesday would highlight one of the biggest divisions between Trump and the Republican Republicans, as GOP legislators sided with the Democrats to confirm the president-elect. Joe Biden
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The Senate and the House both rejected the first challenge to the Arizona election results, following the riots. But the challenge still garnered the support of six Senate Republicans and 121 House Republicans, including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
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The joint sitting comes after Republicans had already talked to Trump about major policy decisions, including the fact that he only handed over a veto government last week.
But the previous crooks have lapsed compared to the reaction by GOP legislators to violence from a pro-Trump mob.
Rep. Chip RoyCharles (Chip) Eugene RoyPelosi warns lawmakers to social distance after many guidelines The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Facebook – Trump’s new controversy call, Georgia’s headline of the big week Chip Roy challenges MEP seats from six presidential battlefield states MORE (R-Texas) said opposition to Trump’s attempts to overthrow the election could sign my political death warrant. Rep. Liz Cheney
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Sen. Tom Cotton
Tom Bryant CottonTrump print campaign splits 2024 GOP claims Trump increases pressure on Pence and wrongly declares he can cast voters The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Facebook – Georgia’s election day is finally here; Trump hopes Pence ‘gets through to us’ to reverse the results MORE (R-Ark.), Who has now joined Trump, has issued a statement asking him to concede.
“It’s lately that the president has accepted the outcome of the election, stopped deceiving the American people and rejected the violence of the mob,” Cotton said.
Trump and his allies have spread unverified allegations that the election was stolen, even though their election challenges have been rejected by dozens of courts and election experts have rejected claims of widespread electoral fraud.
Trump tweeted for the first time on Wednesday afternoon, urging supporters to “remain peaceful” and support law enforcers without explicitly condemning those who use force to enter the Capitol. The president tweeted again 35 minutes later to urge ‘no violence’ and stressed the need to respect the police.
Under increasing pressure, he then tweeted around 4:15 p.m., telling his supporters to “go home,” though he continued to praise them and repeat his false allegations of election fraud.
“Go home. We love you, you are very special,” Trump said in a video on Twitter. “I know how you feel. But go home and go home in peace.”
Twitter later removed the tweets and temporarily suspended Trump’s account for violating his policy.
When rioters stormed the Senate, the senators were first told to hide in their place before being evacuated to a safe place.
When he left the area hours later, Sen. Roy Blunt
Roy Dean Blunt Electoral College’s Struggle Divides GOP As Opposition to Election Challenge Republican Elections Strengthen Hawley’s GOP Strengthens Electoral College’s Struggle More (R-Mo.) Was asked if he wanted to hear what Trump said about the violence. Blunt, a member of the GOP leadership, said he “did not want to hear anything”.
“I think it was a tragic day and he was a part of it,” Blunt said.
Sen. John Thune
John Randolph Thune Eric Trump warns against primary challenges for Republicans who did not object to election results. Trump’s power declines in recent weeks Republican election campaign intensifies MORE (SD), the Republic of the Senate no. 2, said that Trump’s rhetoric “definitely does not help”.
“To certainly encourage people to go to the Capitol and some of the kind of implied proposals, I think, you know … it just encourages the wrong behavior,” Thune said.
Some of the president’s most frequent GOP critics were direct.
“We are coming together because of the injured pride of a selfish man, and the outrage of supporters he has deliberately misinformed over the past two months and moved into action this morning. What happened today was an uprising fueled by the President of the United States, “said Sen. Mitt Romney
Willard (Mitt) Mitt RomneyBiden: ‘Decent Republicans’ willing to break away from Trump Trump commemorates Judy Shelton’s last attempt to reform the Fed National Review criticizes ‘Cruz Eleven’: Barbara Boxer should not be a more conservative role model . (R-Utah) from the Senate floor.
Sen. Ben Sasse
Ben Sasse Trump press campaign splits 2024 IDP candidates The IDP must stop Americans from believing elections will be hampered Republican election campaign intensifies MORE (R-Neb.) Trump also directly blamed, which he accused of being “dressed behind his keyboard.”
“Lies have consequences,” Sasse said. “This violence was the inevitable and ugly consequence of the president’s addiction to constantly promote division.”