Congress defiantly resumes ratifying Biden's victory after violence

After a deadly attack on the citadel of American democracy Congress defiantly resumed its constitutional task of tallying the electoral colleges votes to plant the final seal on Joe Bidens election as the 46th US President and Kamala Harris as Vice PresidentSitting President Donald Trump was roundly condemned for his role in instigating the rioters on Wednesday who stormed the Capitol the domed building that houses Congress resulting in the death of a woman from gunfire inside it and sending members of Congress to seek refuge in secure areas when mobs invadedMitch McConnell the Republican Partys leader in the Senate said We have never been deterred before well be not deterred today They tried to disrupt our democracy They failedDemocratic Partys Senate leader Chuck Schumer said This temple to democracy was desecratedSpeaking to CBS TV IndianAmerican Representative Pramila Jayapal called for impeaching Trump even though he would be in power for two more weeksThe mobs that overran the security and entered the Capitol crashing into the Senate chamber were repulsed by National Guard ordered in by Vice President Mike Pence and the Federal Bureau of Investigations FBI SWAT teamsThe unprecedented chaos also left a woman dead from gunfire It was still yet to be ascertained who the victim was or who shot herThe chambers of the Democratled House of Representatives and the Republicanmajority Senate were swiftly cleaned and swept for bombs and ammunition for the legislators to returnTrump has refused to accept the results of the November 3 2020 election claiming that he defeated through widespread fraud even after more than 50 legal challenges were thrown out by courts at different levelsHe called a rally of supporters before Congress was to hold its joint session to tally the results and declared that he would never concede his defeat to Biden and unleashed a wave of anger saying This year they rigged an election They rigged it like theyve never rigged an election beforeAnd then he exhorted them After this were going to walk down there to the Capitol and we are going to cheer on our brave senators and Congressmen and women who object to Bidens electionThousands of his supporters shouting Trump and USA USA marched from there to the Capitol launching their assault after the joint session adjourned following objections against Arizonas electoral college votes and the Senate and the House began to meet separately to consider the issueSeveral rioters also scaled the walls and smashed windows to enter the buildingThey overwhelmed the police and pushed the barriers around the Capitol and rushed inThe rioters reached all the way into the Senate chamber from where Vice President was hustled away by securityA rioter was seen on tweets sitting in the chair of the Senate President and on TV people with Trump flags and placards were shown wandering around the chamberPence and Speaker Nancy Pelosi were taken out by security to a secure placeJayapal was trapped in the House gallery and she recounted on CBS TV how she and a few colleagues could not leave the area while they heard shouts and gunshots outsideOn the House floor she said that she saw Pelosi being taken out and the security barricading the doors from outsideBiden has demanded that Trump go on national television to ask his supporters to end the siege and withdraw from the Capitol President Trump step up he saidShortly afterward Trump put out a video tweet asking his supporters to go home and saying that they would play in to the hands of his opponentsHe tweeted I am asking for everyone at the US Capitol to remain peaceful No violence Remember WE are the Party of Law amp Order a respect the Law and our great men and women in Blue law enforcement uniforms Thank youBiden and others including members of Trumps own party blamed Trump for the violence that threatened the democratic processThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever