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US Capitol put on lockdown as pro-Trump demonstrators storm the Capitol

US Election 2020

Reuters
07 January, 2021, 01:45 am
Last modified: 07 January, 2021, 01:51 am

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US Capitol put on lockdown as pro-Trump demonstrators storm the Capitol

The Senate and the House, which were weighing objections to Biden’s victory, abruptly and unexpectedly recessed

Reuters
07 January, 2021, 01:45 am
Last modified: 07 January, 2021, 01:51 am
Supporters of US President Donald Trump gather in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, US January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith
Supporters of US President Donald Trump gather in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, US January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith

Protesters supporting Donald Trump swarmed the US Capitol on Wednesday, putting it on lockdown, as Vice President Mike Pence rebuffed the president's demand to overturn his loss to Democrat Joe Biden and the Senate's Republican leader denounced a bid in Congress to undo the election outcome.

Trump supporters overturned barricades and clashed with police on the US Capitol grounds and streamed inside the building.

The demonstrations flared as lawmakers met inside to formally certify Biden's victory over Trump in the Nov. 3 election.

Law enforcement authorities struggled to maintain order.

The Senate and the House of Representatives, which were weighing objections to Biden's victory brought by a band of pro-Trump Republican lawmakers, abruptly and unexpectedly recessed.

Pence, a loyal lieutenant during the four years of Trump's tumultuous presidency, presided over the opening of the joint session of Congress to formally certify Biden's Nov. 3 victory over Trump.

A band of Republican lawmakers quickly challenged the results, first from the election battleground state of Arizona won by Biden.

  

   

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