‘Banana republic crap:’ Some Republicans activate Trump over US Capitol violence

A handful of US congressional Republicans turned on President Donald Trump on Wednesday, after a crowd of his supporters stormed the Capitol constructing in a bid to assist him overturn his defeat within the November election.
“There is no question that the president formed the mob, the President incited the mob, the President addressed the mob. He lit the flame,” House of Representatives Republican Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney tweeted.
The daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney described the assault as an try to forestall Congress from finishing up its constitutional responsibility to assessment the outcomes of the 2020 election.

Representative Mike Gallagher, a Republican who helps Trump, had a extra colourful description of the assault. “We are witnessing absolute banana republic crap in the United States Capitol right now. @realDonaldTrump, you need to call this off,” he posted on Twitter as demonstrators broke home windows to realize entry to the U.S. Capitol.
An explosion brought on by a police munition is seen whereas supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump collect in entrance of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington. (Reuters/Leah Millis)
Representative James French Hill, who has voted with Trump greater than 95% of the time, advised CNBC: “The president bears part of the responsibility for the heated rhetoric.”
Trump supporters burst into the halls of Congress as Trump’s Republican allies aired their objections to the Nov. 3 presidential election received by President-elect Joe Biden.
Biden, who takes workplace on Jan. 20, known as it “an insurrection” for demonstrators to storm the Capitol, smash home windows, occupy places of work, invade the halls of Congress and threaten the protection of duly elected officers.

“I could not agree more with President-elect Biden’s statement to the nation,” Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, a staunch Trump ally, stated in a press release on Twitter that didn’t point out Trump.
Without naming Trump, Republican former President George W. Bush stated in a press release: “I am appalled by the reckless behavior of some political leaders since the election and by the lack of respect shown today for our institutions, our traditions, and our law enforcement.”
Senator Mitt Romney, a frequent Trump critic, pointed the finger instantly.

“What happened here today was an insurrection, incited by the President of the United States,” stated Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee. “Those who choose to continue to support his dangerous gambit by objecting to the results of a legitimate, democratic election will forever be seen as being complicit in an unprecedented attack against our democracy.”