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"It does not meet modern democratic standards."

Russia slams US’s ‘archaic’ electoral system following US Capitol violence aje.io/n6luf

Mark Zuckerberg bans Trump ‘indefinitely’ from Facebook due to the leader’s efforts to incite violence.

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Chuck Schumer said he will fire Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Mike Stenger after Capitol breach.

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“They weren’t protestors. Don’t dare call them protestors. They were a riotous mob, insurrectionists, domestic terrorists.”

Biden calls Capitol rioters ‘domestic terrorists’.

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“We are in a very difficult place in our country as long as Donald Trump still sits in the White House ... He must be removed from office.”

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calls for Trump’s removal aje.io/mcfg2

John Bolton, former US Ambassador to the UN and Donald Trump’s one-time National Security Adviser, declared Capitol Hill riot a “coup effort” aje.io/slmqx

“No one can tell me that if it had been a group of Black Lives Matter protesting yesterday, they wouldn’t have been treated very, very differently than the mob of thugs that stormed the Capitol,” said President-elect Biden.

“We all know that’s true. And it’s unacceptable."

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called on VP Mike Pence to immediately invoke the 25th amendment to remove President Trump from office.

She said if he doesn’t, Congress may be prepared to move forward with a second impeachment for the president.