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Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) said late Wednesday on MSNBC that President Donald Trump has brought “shameful carnage” to America by inciting the storming of the U.S. Capitol. Booker said, “I began my remarks on the floor saying that this is

Sen. Mitt Romney drew applause from his colleagues after he said that the incident earlier in the day was an “insurrection” that “shook him to the core.”

A woman who was shot during protests at the Capitol on Wednesday has died, according to the D.C. Fire Department and EMS. 

Trump could have been a massively popular president and won reelection comfortably, if only he’d kept faith with his voters.

“The very fact that the highest levels of the US government and cabinet members are discussing this is quite newsworthy, quite notable, and it underscores the moment that we are at,” she said. 

Vermont Gov. Phil Scott, a Republican, demanded President Donald Trump resign “or be removed” after protesters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.

The woman who was shot in the neck and killed inside the Capitol building on Wednesday afternoon has been identified as Ashli Babbitt, a 14-year veteran who served four tours with the U.S. Airforce.

“To those who wreaked havoc in our capitol today, you did not win. Violence never wins,” Pence said. “Freedom wins, and this is still the people’s house.”

Congress returned from recess to certify the 2020 election results Wednesday night following a day of chaos on Capitol Hill.

First lady Melania Trump’s Chief of Staff and Press Secretary, Stephanie Grisham, has resigned from her post following protests at the United States Capitol on Wednesday, according to NBC News and CNN.

Sophia Bush called for the expulsion of Republican members of the Senate who said they intended to protest the results of the 2020 election.

Republican Governor of South Dakota Kristi Noem has joined other GOP members who are condemning the protests at the Capitol on Wednesday.

Republican members of Congress rushed to condemn the violence that broke out during Congress’s certification of the Electoral College vote from within the United States Capitol.

Facebook has followed Twitter in removing a video posted by President Donald Trump, urging his supporters to peacefully return home and respect law enforcement following the storming of Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. earlier today.

Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) said Wednesday on MSNBC that President Donald Trump, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) are traitors for inciting today’s chaos at the U.S. Capitol. Gallego said, “You know, when I joined the Marine Corps, I was

Protesters set up a gallows across from the United States Capitol building Wednesday following the March to Save America.

“These are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously and viciously stripped away from great patriots who have been badly and unfairly treated for so long,” Trump wrote on Twitter.

Trump requested the deployment of National Guard troops along with other federal protective services amid chaos at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday.

Beto O’Rourke said Ted Cruz made an “attempt at sedition” that served to “inspire these terrorists and their attempted coup” at the Capitol.

The Democratic Party’s two wins in the U.S. Senate runoff races in Georgia this week has fueled speculation that federal district court Judge Leslie Abrams Gardner, who is Stacey Abrams’s sister, could be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Rep. Cori Bush, (D-MO) wants to expel Republicans from the House following the break-in by protesters who demanded President Donald Trump’s reelection. 

Chinese state media mocked American democracy on Tuesday, dismissing it as a turgid form of entertainment enjoyed by Chinese citizens who “became bored while staying at home most of the year in 2020 due to the [Chinese coronavirus] epidemic,” as the Global Times put it.

ATLANTA — Democrat Senate candidate Jon Ossoff defeated Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) by a narrow margin in what became the Democrats’ second victory in Georgia’s dual runoff races on Tuesday, which were set to determine which party takes control of the Senate.

Supporters of President Donald Trump put up a cross on Capitol Hill on Wednesday afternoon during the “Save America March” in Washington, D.C., while lawmakers gathered to count and certify the Electoral College votes.

Supporters of President Donald Trump staged demonstrations at the Capitols of multiple states on Wednesday, with some entering the statehouses, as crowds storm the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, DC, to protest the certification of the Electoral College votes, which would officially declare Joe Biden the winner of the presidential election.

Twitter censored a video from President Donald Trump calling on protesters at the U.S. capitol building to peacefully disperse and go home. Twitter users were prevented from liking, retweeting, or replying to the tweet because of a “risk of violence.”

Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) responded to the massive crowd of protesters on the Capitol grounds, where some have managed to get inside the building, calling it “mob demand.”

President Donald Trump urged thousands of his supporters to “go home” Wednesday after protesters swarmed the U.S. Capitol to disrupt Congress’s certification of the 2020 electoral college results.

Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf spoke out amid the violence and chaos descending upon the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, declaring that the “violent opportunists” breaching the Capitol “must be held accountable.”

“I call on President Trump to go on national television now to fulfill his oath and defend the Constitution and demand an end to this siege,” Biden said during a speech in Wilmington, Deleware.  

Vice President Mike Pence denounced the violence and chaos descending upon the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, calling for it to “stop now” and instructing those involved to respect police and “immediately leave the building” while warning that the attack on the Capitol “will not be tolerated.”

A woman was shot in the neck inside the Capitol building, according to videos and photos shared to social media Wednesday afternoon.

In a Wednesday appearance on Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” Rep. Brian Babin (R-TX) sounded off on the GOP’s objection to the certification of Electoral College votes in favor of President-elect Joe Biden.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) reacted to protesters who stormed the U.S. Capitol Wednesday by tweeting, “Violence and mob rule is wrong and un-American.”

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) announced Wednesday that he will send the state national guard to Washington, DC, amid chaos and protestors entering the Capitol building. 

The U.S. Senate session was abruptly suspended on Wednesday during a debate over elector objections after protesters were “in the building.”