Shortly before Trump supporters broke into the Capitol on Wednesday afternoon, President Donald Trump whipped up a crowd of protesters in Washington, vowing to demolish every Republican who opposed him, and all hope to reverse the election on a vice president with no political power to do anything. to do.
‘You have to get your people to fight, and if they don’t fight, we have to put those who don’t fight first. We’re going to let you know who they are, ”Trump said in an elaborate speech to a major protest in Washington on Wednesday that coincided with Congress officially counting the votes of the Electoral College.
“It almost seems like they are doing their best to hurt us all and hurt our country,” he added of the elected officials.
But as he spoke, Vice President Mike Pence released a lengthy statement saying he could not and would not block President-elect Joe Biden’s votes on Wednesday – essentially Trump’s last fantasy-driven road to winning the presidency.
Later on Wednesday afternoon, some supporters of the protest migrated to the doors of the Capitol building, smashing through windows, overwhelming police and forcing the building to be locked.
Earlier, through a chorus of ‘bullshits’ from the mob of MAGA-die-hards, Trump knocked off the ‘pathetic’ and ‘weak’ Republican establishment, lashing out Senator Mitt Romney, who said Wednesday morning that Trump had presidency ”and essentially caused run-off losses in Georgia by insisting that the election was faked.
He took shots at majority leader Mitch McConnell and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, whose state results on Tuesday put Democrats within reach of a Senate majority.
Trump asked the crowd to vote Kemp as one of the “ dumbest governors in the country ” as one of the dumbest governors in the country, before claiming that Kemp’s approval ratings had “ hit rock bottom. ”
Trump’s decision to turn the knife further on the GOP came just before Congress would count the votes of the Electoral College of all 50 states and DC in the final step to certify the next president.
At least 12 Republican senators have expressed their intention to object to their state’s votes, which will spark hours of debate, but is virtually guaranteed to affect the election results. Pence then explains the result in a largely ceremonial act.
The objections are apparent to the show as well. Voters officially cast their votes on December 14, and Biden beat Trump 306-232 a month earlier. Biden will now be inaugurated on January 20.
“You get a president … who stupid people voted for.“
“You get a president … voted for by stupid people,” Trump told 81 million Biden voters in one fell swoop.
While Pence does not have the power to reverse the votes of the electoral college, Trump has launched an extraordinary campaign to scapegoat his vice president for his loss, prompting some far-right Trumpists, such as Georgian attorney L. Lin Wood. to accuse Pence of treason.
“Mike Pence will have to come for us, and if he doesn’t, it will be a sad day for our country, because you have vowed to uphold our constitution,” Trump said.
He once again insisted that Pence has the power to challenge the election results, stating that “one of the best constitutional lawyers in our country” told him that his VP “has the absolute right.”
“All Vice President Pence has to do is send it back to the United States to re-certify it, and we’ll be president, and you’re the happiest people,” Trump insisted, claiming he had just spoken to Pence.
In his statementMeanwhile, Pence stated that he does not believe he has the “unilateral power to decide which electoral votes to count.”
“It is my considered judgment that my oath to support and defend the Constitution prevents me from claiming unilateral authority to determine which electoral votes should be counted and which should not,” said Pence.
Trump replied later on Twitter, writing that Pence “did not have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our country and our constitution … the US demands the truth!”
Despite Trump’s incessant crusade, election officials have insisted there was no evidence of widespread voter fraud. Former Attorney General Bill Barr also concluded that there were no crimes that could have changed the outcome of the election.
However, Trump’s mind cannot be influenced. He proclaimed Barr on Wednesday for “change”, urging Congress to “show strength” by overthrowing the election results for being “faked.”
“You will never take back our country with weakness,” Trump said.
When Trump closed his hour-long speech and urged those in attendance to “ walk down Pennsylvania Avenue, ” some of the president’s supporters were already causing chaos on the Capitol lawn. A crowd broke through barricades and plunged into the lawn, while others began throwing objects and attempting to enter the building.