Biden, Trump React to Capitol Hill Breach
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From the Right
Trump tells MAGA mob 'go home' and repeats stolen election claimsPresident Trump issued a statement Wednesday calling for “peace” and urging supporters who stormed the Capitol to “go home” but repeating his claims that the presidential election was stolen from him.
“I know your pain. I know your hurt. We had an election that was stolen from us,” Trump said in a video shot outside the White House. “It was a landslide election, and everyone knows it — especially the other side. But you have to go home now. We have to have peace.”
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From the Left
Biden urges restoring decency after 'assault' on democracyPresident-elect Joe Biden called Wednesday for the restoration of “simple decency” as a mob incited by his predecessor stormed the U.S. Capitol and delayed Congress from certifying the results of November’s election.
Biden had planned to deliver a speech focused on how to revive the economy and provide financial relief for small-business owners reeling from the coronavirus pandemic, giving routine political remarks from a theater in his native Delaware. But shortly before he was to begin speaking, demonstrators broke into the Capitol building, reaching as far as the Senate floor.
From the Left
Trump Video No Longer On Twitter, Facebook, YouTube Amid Chaos On The CapitolFacebook on Wednesday removed a video message by President Trump, citing "the risk of ongoing violence."
Facebook executive Guy Rosen called the pro-Trump mob swarming the Capitol an "emergency situation," suggesting the president's video message had the potential of worsening the chaos.
"We removed it because on balance we believe it contributes to rather than diminishes the risk of ongoing violence," Rosen tweeted.
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