@NBCPolitics Former U.S. Defense Sec. Mattis:
"Our Constitution and our Republic will overcome this stain and We the People will come together again in our never-ending effort to form a more perfect Union, while Mr. Trump will deservedly be left a man without a country.”
BREAKING: Pres. Barack Obama: "History will rightly remember today’s violence at the Capitol, incited by a sitting president...as a moment of great dishonor and shame for our nation. But we’d be kidding ourselves if we treated it as a total surprise." https://t.co/Cnm4rjwsab
Wisconsin’s @RonJohnsonWI - one of the objectors today- tells me neither his fellow objectors nor president Trump bear any responsibility for the violence today.
Today we faced an unprecedented assault on our Capitol, our Constitution, and our country.
The assault was fueled by more than four years of poison politics spreading deliberate misinformation, sowing distrust in our system, and pitting Americans against one another.
BREAKING: Former President Bush:
"Laura and I are watching the scenes of mayhem unfolding at the seat of our Nation’s government in disbelief and dismay ... This is how election results are disputed in a banana republic – not our democratic republic."
While the rest of the world watches these images, may they also read and see that the vast majority of Americans are outraged by what we are seeing. May they know that the vast majority of us condemn this violence and may they also look to our new president @JoeBiden.
Let’s remember the republicans also had a good election in our country. We must not think of the other, as the enemy. I’m so hopeful today is a new dawn, a new beginning. We can all be healers in chief in our own ways! #PresidentBidenVPHarris
I wrote out some thoughts on how to make this moment a real turning point to bring about real change––and pulled together some resources to help young activists sustain the momentum by channeling their energy into concrete action. https://t.co/jEczrOeFdv
JUST IN: Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley, the astronauts aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft, have officially arrived at the International Space Station https://t.co/PPBucALsjS
i was just at a local home goods store w/ my cousin getting furniture for my place when an elderly white woman approached me at the check out counter. she looked at me w/ tears in her eyes... & then said “i’m from Minneapolis & I just want you to know “you matter to me.”