BREAKING: Speaker Pelosi calls for VP Pence and the Cabinet to remove President Trump from office via the 25th Amendment, or another impeachment effort may be carried out by Democrats.
Speaker Pelosi says she is calling for the resignation of the US Capitol Police chief, and she has been advised that he will be submitting his resignation.
Speaker Pelosi on review of Capitol security:
It goes beyond the Capitol Police.
It goes to FBI and the intelligence they provided.
Dept. of Defense: how long did it take them to respond?
It goes to many other elements of Executive Branch, and we have to have a full review.
Speaker Pelosi: There was a failure of leadership at the top of the Capitol Police. He hasn't even called us since this happened.
Speaker Pelosi: We have a problem with Republicans in Congress enabling the president and undermining the election.
A threshold was crossed yesterday. There is no way this president should be allowed to arouse his supporters. What's next?
Speaker Pelosi: President Trump is deadly to our democracy and to our people.
UPDATE: Speaker Pelosi joins growing call for President Trump to be immediately removed from office; says he is deadly to our democracy and our people. nbcnews.com/politics/congr…
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President-elect Biden on the people who stormed the U.S. Capitol: "Don't dare call them protesters. They were a riotous mob. Insurrectionists. Domestic terrorists. It's that basic. It's that simple."
President-elect Biden: Wednesday's storming of the U.S. Capitol marks "one of the darkest days in the history of our nation."
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
BREAKING: Stephanie Grisham, the first lady's chief of staff and former White House press secretary, submitted letter of resignation over today's violence on Capitol Hill - @albamonica
@albamonica Stephanie Grisham: “It has been an honor to serve the country in the White House. I am very proud to have been a part of Mrs. Trump’s mission to help children everywhere, and proud of the many accomplishments of this Administration.”
@albamonica Former Defense Sec. Mattis: “Today’s violent assault on our Capitol, an effort to subjugate American democracy by mob rule, was fomented by Mr. Trump. "