Enlarge / Supporters of US President Donald Trump breach the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. (credit: Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images)
A growing chorus of groups and individuals are calling on Twitter to suspend President Donald Trump’s account as a mob of his supporters has stormed and occupied the US Capitol, sending members of Congress fleeing the session during which they were meant to be certifying the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Several groups of Trump supporters planned for weeks to meet in Washington, DC, today for a “Stop the Steal” rally, to protest the results of the 2020 election and demand that Trump be found the winner instead of actual President-elect Joe Biden, who won both the popular vote and Electoral College.
Trump spoke to the crowd as Congress convened to begin formally certifying the electoral college votes. In his speech, Trump vowed to “never concede,” adding, “It will never happen. You don’t concede when there’s death involved. Our country has had enough. We will not take it anymore.”
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