This article was originally published by Tyler Durden at ZeroHedge.
Millions of Americans will remember Wednesday as the first time in decades that the US Capitol building was successfully stormed and overrun – though, to be fair, when the British sacked Washington during the War of 1812, they didn’t stop to take selfies with the Capitol Police.
At any rate, the flashes of the chaotic crowd breaking windows and scuffling with police, accompanied by the news that 4 people died during the chaos (1 woman was shot by a Capitol Police officer, while 3 others died during unspecified “medical emergencies”, according to media reports) was enough to convince half the US that a low-key “coup attempt” had just taken place. Though the fact that lawmakers returned to the floor a few hours later to finish up the certification vote sort of undercuts that notion.
Citing Wednesday’s unrest as justification, GOP lawmakers largely dropped their objections and allowed the Electoral College tally to be certified, cementing his win.
And as several staff members reportedly threatened to quit in protest, President Trump published a statement via spokesman Dan Scavino promising an “orderly transition” on Jan. 20. While Bloomberg described the statement as a “concession”, Trump continued to insist that he still “totally disagrees” with the outcome of the election.
“Even though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless there will be an orderly transition on January 20th,” Trump said. “I have always said we would continue our fight to ensure that only legal votes were counted. While this represents the end of the greatest first term in presidential history, it’s only the beginning of our fight to Make America Great Again!”
Matt Pottinger, a deputy natsec advisor, and an avowed China hawk is reportedly among the staffers who resigned in protest. Pottinger was recently in the news for going public with new, credible allegations that SARS-CoV-2 leaked from a Chinese lab.
BREAKING: Deputy nat sec adviser Matt Pottinger resigned Wednesday afternoon. Pottinger among WH officials dismayed by protesters' attack and Trump's role in inciting violence. Pottinger had intended to resign election day, regardless of outcome, but stayed at O'Brien's request.
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) January 7, 2021
Meanwhile, the president’s twitter account remains locked.
Snapchat joined Facebook and Twitter in blocking the accounts, according to a company spokesman.
Before the vote in the Senate, VP Pence spoke to promise that those who contributed to the chaos will be prosecuted. According to Capitol Police, some 52 people were arrested.
“To those who wreaked havoc in our capitol today, you did not win,” the vice president said. “Violence never wins. Freedom wins. And this is still the people’s House.”
Of the 52 arrests, 47 were related to violations of the 1800 curfew set by Mayor Muriel Bowser. 26 people were arrested on Capitol grounds. Several others were arrested for carrying firearms, either without a license or unlawfully.
In addition, the DC police chief said two pipe bombs were recovered from the headquarters of the RNC and DNC, while a cooler from a vehicle on US Capitol grounds that contained Molotov cocktails. 14 police officers were injured, 2 of whom remain hospitalized after being attacked by members of the crowd. Police said more arrests are expected as investigators will now attempt to identify people from camera footage.
The vote in the Senate was completed early Thursday morning. One senator told reporters that she had backed away from the opposition vote because of the chaos.
“When I arrived in Washington this morning, I fully intended to object to the certification of the electoral votes,” Sen. Kelly Loeffler, who was supposed to take the lead on objecting to results from Georgia, said on the Senate floor Wednesday night. “However, the events that have transpired today have forced me to reconsider, and I cannot now in good conscience object to the certification of these electors.”
By the end of the proceedings, both the House and the Senate had rejected challenges to results in Arizona and Pennsylvania, while no senators signed on to challenges in Georgia and other states.
The FBI late Wednesday asked the public to submit tips, such as images, videos, and other information to help agents identify people who were “actively instigating violence.”
During what several media outlets described as a “siege”, at least one Trump supporter entered the Senate chamber, while others smashed windows in an attempt to break onto the House floor, where police officers brandished guns to keep them away. Police placed the building under lockdown, and lawmakers were instructed to prepare to put on gas masks as pepper spray filled the chamber.
Meanwhile, in keeping with the media narrative that Trump supporters aren’t proud Americans but crypto-fascists hoping to trample on democracy, Joe Biden – speaking from Delaware – said the Capitol’s storming bordered on “sedition” and called “on the mob to pull back and allow the work of the democracy to go forward.”
Though the chaos has subsided, Mayor Bowser’s public emergency declaration will remain in effect for 15 days, allowing her to impose restrictions on people’s movement.
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There are days left and things going on that the media, even the better media is not responding to. I will wait and have hope.
I would remind everyone that when asked by the Press, Sec. Pompeo stated that there “would be a smooth transition between the first and second Trump Administrations.”
PSYCH!
Many years ago in the 1990s the Clintons decided they needed to find a way to take out the militia movement and America’s far right terrorists. They identified an old friend, Donald J. Trump, to act as the pied piper to lead and mislead these people and get them tracked and located for a future round up. That moment has come.
In 2021 the weapons will be seized and the far-right terrorists rounded up using the US military, just as they did with ISIS etc.
America will then turn the corner from being an unstable, violent state to becoming a peaceable state.
“America will then turn the corner from being an unstable, violent state to becoming a peaceable state.”
WTF? With the extreme-left doublethink, doublespeak, gender-fluid nonsense injected into our country, I doubt this country will ever return to “peaceable”.
The only violence we’re experiencing is a product of the left. If our goal is to return to calm and peace, we can either remove the left or we can remove the federal system itself. I vote the latter.
It’s a damn shame that Trump was apparently too gender fluid (no balls) to carry out his promise to drain the swamp. Hell’s bells, we probably won’t even get a good expose on Roberts, Epstein, Obama, Clinton and the rest of the pedo crew. This has all been theater.
It will soon be safe, after Jan. 20, for Epstein to make his reappearance and resume flights to his island as a reward for those involved in stealing the election.
Eat shit Frank
GONG ! GONG ! GONG! GONE
It was gone when Bush/Kenndy implemented EB5 visas.
SOLD TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER.
However I commend president Donald Trump (the last legitimate president) and fellow Patriots for your gallant efforts.
Heres my knife Trump could you stick in my back…
This isn’t over yet. Jan 20th at noon yes it will be. Then another chapter starts. The chapter of states rebellion and people rebellion on a large scale.
For people still holding onto hope, because Trump, on his worse day, is at least better than a Pres. Harris …
Executive Order 13848 of September 12, 2018:
Election day + 45 days + 30 days falls just barely ahead of the inauguration.
So, the Dems (CCP) see whether they can enact the 25th Amendment, first.
Just-enough purple states have apparently carried-on, with the audit.
It’s over??? Really?? It’s over alright. It’s over for crooked Joe Biden the Agent from China who’ll never get near the White House because of his many nat’l security concerns. Which the coming DECLASS will highlight & PROVE splendidly in mere days! Tyler should clean the poop out of his ears as Trump CONCEDED NOTHING. In that IT DIDN’T HAPPEN!!!! Either the Insurrection Act of 1807 OR the EO he signed in September of 2018 regarding foreign meddling in our elections, is coming which means MILITARY ACTIONS, MILITARY TRIBUNALS, GITMO, ETC, ETC. So you think that’s…”far fetched” do you?? With 10 days till January 20th we won’t have long till we find out.
Here’s something to ponder…IF this all goes down via military action as long predicted by the “supposed LARP” known as “Q” what does that say about all the “Q” NaySayers and how much they knew about…about anything really IF THEY WERE SO WRONG ON & ABOUT “Q”???? Once this is confirmed, IF it is confirmed, THERE’S GOING TO BE SOME APOLOGIES THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO ALL THOSE PATRIOTS THAT WERE RIGHT ABOUT “Q” BY THOSE THAT WERE SO WRONG ABOUT “Q”!!!!!!!!! Hey!! You awake yet?? Uh huh…sure you are…
Not over yet pussies! Borrow your balls from your wife and hang in there. We have some organizing to do.
Trump should walk out of the White House and leave DC, NOW or declare Martial Law, call the election void and stay in office.
If he’s just pretending to have exhausted every possible alternative, some of you are getting mad at loyal staff.
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