Trump fans attempt to raid Capitol Hill. Congress in lockdown

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January 06, 2021

evacuated Washington police evacuate two government buildings after Donald Trump supporters attempted to raid Congressional buildings while Joe's special plenary session is underway to certify Joe's victory Biden as president.

Donald Trump supporters marched to the Capitol, even breaking through police barricades, shouting "Fight for Trump".

According to Fox, there was a bomb scare.

Police ordered the evacuation of the House buildings, the Madison Building and the Madison Library of Congress.

Donald Trump supporters arrived on Capitol Hill, where Congress was busy with the ratification process for Joe Biden's victory.

The clash with the police was immediate, forced to intervene after the appeals to disperse fell on deaf ears.

's victory suspended Joint House and Senate work to confirm Biden's victory was suspended after Trump supporters stormed the Washington Capitol to protest Biden's victory.

Some buildings evacuated, the area under lockdown.

"We will never surrender", warns "the Donald", while the immense crowd chants the slogan "Stop the Steal" or "We will stop the theft" of votes.

"We will never give up, we will never concede" victory: Donald Trump made his debut in front of several thousand fans who gathered in the park south of the White House for the 'Save America against fraud' demonstration.

"I am the most voted president in American history, with these numbers there was no chance of losing," he said.

Today is the day of the Congress called to officially certify the votes of the elections.

The procedure is entrusted to Vice President Mike Pence, ally of the tycoon who in his speech reiterated that "I hope Mike does the right thing. I hope so because if Mike Pence does the right thing we win the election".

But the vice president's response crushes 'the Donald' latest attempt to overturn the election result: "The presidency belongs to the Americans. I don't think the founding fathers wanted to invest the vice president with unilateral authority to decide which votes are to be counted. and which ones not ", reads a statement confirming the opinion of constitutional experts: the vice president has no power, under the Constitution, to refuse to accept the certification of the presidential election result by individual states. 

Thus falls the last chance for the outgoing president to obtain a state-by-state recount of the vote of last November 4 which reiterates that elections are 'stolen'.

'Biden got 80 million votes with computers' "it was a stolen election, we will never concede victory", he reiterated.

In his speech at the White House Trump said that 'they used the pandemic to defraud voters by pointing the finger at his party as well:' there are too many weak Republicans' reiterating that he won with 75 million votes, "far more. the first time, "while Joe Biden had 80 million with computers.

The president then also and once again attacked the media, "the biggest problem" considering them 'enemies of the people', "We do not have fair elections and we do not have a free press" in the United States, harangued the people of his supporters. participants in the Washington march.