‘Inexcusable act of carnage, chaos’: Hollywood and Bollywood react sharply to US Capitol assault

By PTI
LOS ANGELES/ MUMBAI: Several cinema and music personalities, together with Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Cardi B, Richa Chadha, and Vir Das, have condemned the assault on the Capitol Hill within the US by hundreds of supporters of President Donald Trump who clashed with police, calling it an act of “terror” and assault on democracy.

The violent assault resulted in not less than 4 deaths and interrupting a constitutional course of to affirm President-elect Joe Biden’s victory within the election.

The police, outnumbered by the maskless protesters, had a troublesome time in managing the mob, as a whole bunch of protesters breached safety and entered the Capitol constructing on Wednesday, the place members of the Congress had been going by means of the method of counting and certifying the Electoral College votes.

Many identified the distinction in police response to the rioters on the Capitol constructing and protesters for the Black Lives Matter motion. “Imagine if this was our side. There would be rivers of our blood in the streets and not a single one of us would be armed. This has been allowed. #CoupAttempt,” wrote Ruffalo.

Imagine if this was our aspect. There could be rivers of our blood within the streets and never a single one among us could be armed. This has been allowed. #CoupAttempt
— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) January 6, 2021

“Just think of the carnage had they not been white. So many people enabled this,” stated Evans. Oscar-winning director Matthew A Cherry stated they’d have “dropped a whole bomb on the capitol if this was us”.

The irony is fairly humorous………weren’t folks simply wild animals in the summertime for demanding justice and now?……Let me simply watch.
— iamcardib (@iamcardib) January 6, 2021

Cardi B discovered the irony “funny” and the rapper requested, “Weren’t people just wild animals in the summer for demanding justice – and now?”

Democracy is fragile, all over the place…must be saved from “leaders” all over the place.
— TheRichaChadha (@RichaChadha) January 6, 2021

Chadha stated it was a “dark day” for America, describing the nation an “erstwhile spreader of offshore democracy”. “Democracy is fragile, everywhere…needs to be saved from ‘leaders’ everywhere,” she tweeted.

All these world leaders condemning the ‘stunning photos’ from America. This is an architectural drawback.We have to design chief homes with extra home windows. So they will see their very own again yards.
— Vir Das (@thevirdas) January 7, 2021

Das stated world leaders condemning these ‘stunning photos’ from America was an “architectural problem”. “We need to design leader houses with more windows. So they can see their own back yards,” he tweeted.

What mob anarchy seems to be like. #MAGATerrorists #CapitolConstructing #USA pic.twitter.com/Ho825sAVH5
— Swara Bhasker (@ActuallySwara) January 6, 2021

Sharing photos of the assault on Twitter, actor Swara Bhasker stated that is “what mob anarchy looks like”. Both the House and Senate and your complete Capitol had been positioned beneath a lockdown. Vice President Mike Pence and lawmakers had been evacuated to protected places.

Four folks died on Wednesday, together with one girl who was shot by a police officer, amid protests and rioting on Capitol Hill that resulted in dozens of demonstrators being arrested, police stated.

If this had been a film, I’d additionally say there may be NO WAY a big quantity of persons are gonna fall for this tan sprayed, combed over, blustering charlatan. But I’ve underestimated the ability of a giant media website (FOX “NEWS”) pumping propaganda 24/7. But–
— Mangold (@mang0ld) March 21, 2020

“Ford vs Ferrari” director James Mangold referred to as for a full boycott of the Fox News interesting for all “fellow content makers” to cancel any appearances on the community and use their energy to maintain advertisements for his or her tasks off the channel as properly.

“Frozen” star Josh Gad questioned the police’s credibility over the violent assault on the landmark constructing. “This is either a dereliction of duty by the Capitol Police or a complicit desire to not plan for the known threat of chaos today. Either way, this is inexcusable. If you can be prepared for imaginary ANTIFA protesters, you had no business not prepping for these actual terrorists,” Gad stated.

“The Office” star Rainn Wilson stated the Capitol is “under attack by terrorists”.

Legendary musician Stevie Wonder was amongst a number of Hollywood names who demanded Trump’s impeachment and stated he was “heartbroken and astounded” with the flip of occasions. Calling the outgoing POTUS a “narcissistic and dangerous president”, Wonder stated Trump is now not in a position to function president as a result of “he can’t accept defeat”.

Scores of celebrities reminiscent of Dylan O’Brien, Chris Hayes, Dylan Minnette, and Halsey additionally referred to as for his impeachment.

Trump, who earlier inspired his supporters to go to the Capitol, urged them to abide by the regulation and return house after the violent conflict. “This was a fraudulent election, but we can’t play into the hands of these people. We have to have peace. So go home,” Trump stated in a video message posted on Twitter.

Director James Gunn stated that Trump “had to wait until AFTER his followers had pushed past police and entered the Capitol building and there was a face off with guns, but, you know, okay”.

Actor-comic Sacha Baron Cohen, a staunch critic of Facebook, urged Mark Zuckerberg and the heads of Twitter, YouTube and Google to ban Trump. “Is that finally enough for you to act?! It’s time to ban Donald Trump from your platforms once and for all!” he tweeted.

Singer Selena Gomez additionally slammed social media platforms for “failing” the American folks. “I hope you’re going to fix things going forward,” she added. “The President just said ‘we love you’ to the armed mob storming The Capitol, replacing the American flag with a makeshift Trump flag,” ‘Top Chef’ host Padma Lakshmi tweeted.

The microblogging website later eliminated the video and a few tweets through which Trump appeared to defend the actions of his supporters. In an unprecedented transfer, Twitter and Facebook have suspended Trump’s accounts after he continued to push conspiracy theories concerning the November 3 election.

Twitter suspended Trump’s account for 12 hours and in addition blocked three of his tweets together with a video of his handle to his supporters. Facebook stated it could be blocking the president’s account from posting for twenty-four hours resulting from two coverage violations.

The protesters dispersed following the enforcement of curfew within the nationwide capital. Mayor Bowser introduced the curfew to forestall the state of affairs from escalating. Officials stated the Capitol was secured, placing an finish to almost four-hour violent occupation by Trump supporters.

Heavily armed police personnel had been deployed to disperse the gang.