I heard on the radio this morning a republican deny Trump had any blame for the riot at our country's capitol yesterday. That is nonsense. The reason they acted like that is that they believed that the election was stolen from Trump, and Trump is the one who told them that over and over. Of course, Trump's allies who supported the lie are also complicit.
https://news.yahoo.com/trump-supporters-storm-u-capitol-084131588.html
Steve Holland and Andrea Shalal
Thu, January 7, 2021, 3:41 AM EST
As the threat of a second impeachment loomed, President Donald Trump acknowledged on Thursday that Joe Biden will be the next U.S. president, a day after his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in a stunning assault on American democracy as Congress was certifying Biden's victory.
Trump, who as recently as Thursday morning had continued to claim falsely that the election had been stolen from him, said his focus would now turn to ensuring a smooth transition to a Biden administration in a video released on Thursday evening. Biden, a Democrat, is set to be sworn in on Jan. 20.
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The statement was a stark reversal for Trump, who faced growing calls for his resignation or ouster following Wednesday's assault. Trump has spent months insisting he prevailed in the Nov. 3 election due to widespread fraud, despite no evidence.
His exhortation on Wednesday to thousands of supporters that they march to the Capitol to protest the election results whipped up a mob that overran police officers and invaded the Capitol building, forcing members of Congress into hiding for their own safety.
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A handful of Republicans also called for Trump's removal. The Wall
Street Journal editorial page, seen as a leading voice of the Republican
establishment, called on Trump to resign on Thursday evening.
Several members of Trump's administration, including Elaine Chao, the transportation secretary and the wife of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, resigned as a symbolic gesture against the violence.
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