[custom_adv] According to US media, Vice President Mike Pence was rescued and removed from the building, while Senators and Duties were moved to safer locations within the main building. Authorities asked MPs to keep gas masks ready for use with tear gas. [custom_adv] Washington City Hall ordered a curfew from 6 pm today until 6 am the next day to calm things down. The protesters clashed with the US police on Capitol Hill, but agents were unable to stop them. [custom_adv] The protest was encouraged by the US President himself on the rally and on Twitter posts. In a post on the social network, Trump asked his supporters to “calmly” protest and rely on US security forces. However, some time ago, confrontation and vandalism were recorded. [custom_adv] In addition, Republicans again pressured Pence, who presides over the session in Congress, not to authenticate Biden’s victory – an action that has no constitutional basis. “I hope Mike does the right thing. If he does, we’ll win the election,” he emphasized. [custom_adv] [custom_adv] However, in an official statement, the Vice President said that he would not try to stop the confirmation of victory because “the President belongs to the Americans” and he “has no power” to block the President’s certification. [custom_adv] “I don’t think the founders wanted to give the vice president unilateral authority to decide which votes should be counted and which shouldn’t be,” said Pence of counting votes. [custom_adv] Shortly thereafter, Trump again criticized him and insisted that Pence “did not dare to do what was necessary to protect the country and the constitution, which gave the states an opportunity to properly confirm the votes”. . “America asked the truth,” he wrote on Twitter. [custom_adv] After dozens of people breached security perimeters at the Capitol, the president asked his Twitter followers to remain peaceful. But protesters in Make America Great Again apparel have been seen breaking into windows of the Capitol and marching through the rotunda. One person has been shot, the Associated Press reported Wednesday afternoon. [custom_adv] U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton tweeted, "This violence is unacceptable and needs to be met with the full force of the law. God bless the Capitol Police who are keeping us safe." In a separate tweet, he said, "Violence and anarchy are unacceptable. We are a nation of laws. This needs to end now."
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