BREAKING: U.S. Congress returns to session to continue counting the Electoral Vote after a mob of pro-Trump rioters took control of the U.S. Capitol earlier today. pscp.tv/w/1OwGWVbXrgWKQ
VP Pence as Congress returns to session: "Let's get back to work."
LIVE: Senate Majority Leader McConnell speaks: "We will not be kept out of this chamber" pscp.tv/w/1OwGWVbXrgWKQ
McConnell: Congress has faced much greater threats than this unhinged crowd we faced today. They failed. A failed insurrection.
McConnell: "Criminal behavior will never dominate the United States Congress. This institution is resilient."
McConnell: We will certify the winner of the 2020 election.
Senate Majority Leader McConnell: "The United States Senate will not be intimidated. We will not be kept out of this chamber by thugs, mobs or threats. We will not bow to lawlessness or intimidation ... we will discharge our duty under the Constitution, and for our nation."
Full Senate Minority Leader Schumer speech as Senate reconvenes:
"Franklin Roosevelt set aside Dec. 7, 1941, as the day that will live in infamy. Unfortunately, we can now add Jan. 6, 2021, to that very short list of dates in American history that will live forever in infamy."
"Franklin Roosevelt set aside Dec. 7, 1941, as the day that will live in infamy. Unfortunately, we can now add Jan. 6, 2021, to that very short list of dates in American history that will live forever in infamy."
NEW: Sen. Loeffler: "When I arrived in Washington this morning, I fully intended to object to the certification of the electoral votes, however the events that have transpired today have forced me to reconsider, and I cannot now, in good conscience, object to the certification."
President Trump had to be convinced to deploy Nat'l Guard as mob of his supporters breached the Capitol, a person familiar with the matter says.
VP Pence, trapped in the Capitol, was in contact with Pentagon, and “encouraged a much more rapid deployment than what was occurring.”
VP Pence, trapped in the Capitol, was in contact with Pentagon, and “encouraged a much more rapid deployment than what was occurring.”
Speaker Pelosi: "To those who strove to tear us from our responsibility, you have failed. To those who engaged in the gleeful desecration of this — our temple of democracy, American democracy — justice will be done."
Former President Clinton:
"Today we faced an unprecedented assault on our Capitol ... The assault was fueled by more than four years of poison politics spreading deliberate misinformation, sowing distrust in our system, and pitting Americans against one another."
"Today we faced an unprecedented assault on our Capitol ... The assault was fueled by more than four years of poison politics spreading deliberate misinformation, sowing distrust in our system, and pitting Americans against one another."
Former President Carter:
"Rosalynn and I are troubled by the violence at the US Capitol today. This is a national tragedy ... Having observed elections in troubled democracies worldwide, I know that we the people can unite to walk back from this precipice..."
"Rosalynn and I are troubled by the violence at the US Capitol today. This is a national tragedy ... Having observed elections in troubled democracies worldwide, I know that we the people can unite to walk back from this precipice..."
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