Following the January 6 mayhem at the US Capitol, Donald Trump found himself under a storm of criticism and accusations of inciting violence, which led to his second impeachment, initiated by Democrats.
House Minority Whip Steve Scalise pointed out on Sunday that while former president Donald Trump condemned rioters who stormed Capitol Hill on January 6, Democrats failed to adequately respond to violence during anti-police protests last summer.
“Surely, there’s a lot of blame to go around,” Scalise said on ABC’s “This Week” aired on ABC.
Scalise also made it clear he did not support the idea of blaming the former president for the riots, referring to the fact that Trump urged protesters to be calm, refrain from violence and eventually, go back home.
Scalise’s comments came in response to host Jon Karl’s questions about the Republican whip’s visit with Trump at the latter’s Mar-a-Lago resort this weekend. Karl asked Scalise if he acknowledged Joe Biden’s win in the 2020 election as legitimate. For over two months, ex-president Trump had been challenging the legitimacy of the election, alleging that there was systemic fraud in the voting that contributed to his defeat.
“Yes, he’s the legitimate president,” Scalise stated of Biden. “But if you’re going to ignore the fact that there were states that did not follow their own state legislatively set laws, that’s the issue at heart, that millions of people still are not happy with and don’t want to see happen again.”
On January 6, supporters of Donald Trump stormed the Capitol after a rally in Washington, DC, in a bid to prevent Congress from certifying the Electoral College votes. The work of Congress was interrupted for several hours. As a result of the riots, a demonstrator and a policeman were killed, and three more died from causes unrelated to violence. After law enforcement officers pushed the rioters out of the building, congressmen were able to finally certify Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential election.
Following the events, the House impeached Trump on charges of incitement of insurrection. The Senate acquitted Trump last week: it was the second time lawmakers who sought to impeach him failed to obtain the needed 2/3 votes.
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