Twitter on Wednesday removed three of President Trump’s tweets over violations of its policies and warned that Trump’s account could be kicked off the platform if he continues to break the rules.
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Twitter on Wednesday put President Trump on notice: If he does not stop breaking the platform’s rules, he will be permanently banned.
The stern warning followed another step never before taken by Twitter: It locked Trump out of his account for 12 hours after the removal of three tweets that the company said were a “severe violation” of Twitter’s rules.
Once Trump’s time-out expires on Twitter, the company said it may boot the president off the platform for good if his sharing of election-relation disinformation and glorifications of violence continue.
Facebook deleted the same video Twitter acted on and blocked Trump’s account from sharing messages for 24 hours, but the social network did not say it was considering a permanent suspension of Trump.
Among the tweets that Twitter removed from public view was a video addressed to the mob that violently swarmed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. In the video, Trump said he loved those supporters, even as he told them to go home. He also fanned conspiracy theories that the presidential election was stolen from him.
In the two other tweets removed, Trump falsely suggested he had won the presidential election.
Twitter, taking the boldest enforcement action to date against Trump, has faced months of accusations that it has not done enough to limit the spread of Trump’s groundless attacks on the democratic election he lost and incitements of violence sent to his millions of followers.
The social media platform has slapped warning labels on dozens of Trump’s tweets to limit the spread, in addition to other steps taken to prevent Trump messages laced with falsehoods from going viral. But many onlookers say Twitter has been ineffective in curbing the reach of Trump’s misleading and incendiary material.
“As someone who has served on your Trust and Safety Board since its inception and counseled you since 2009, time is now to suspend President Trump’s account,” said Danielle Citron, a law professor at the University of Virginia, in a tweet. “He has deliberately incited violence, causing mayhem with his lies and threats.”
Many world leaders, including Trump, have enjoyed more freedom than ordinary users to share messages on Facebook and Twitter, since the platforms consider their comments political speech that has public value. Yet critics say that rule has enabled Trump to turn conspiracies viral, most recently Trump’s repeated airing of baseless allegations about the November election.
In indicating that Trump could soon be banished from the platform, Twitter may be re-examining how that rule applies to Trump.
On Wednesday, the melee on the Capitol drew calls from Democratic lawmakers and civil rights advocates for Trump to be kicked off Twitter and Facebook over a long pattern of abusing the platforms.
“Trump is inciting violence and spreading dangerous misinformation that is undermining our democracy and our way of life. Social media continues to amplify his anti-democratic rhetoric,” said Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., who added that Twitter and Facebook should “remove Trump from their platforms.”
Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, said the insurrection on the Capitol staged by some of Trump’s most ardent supporters was the direct result of fear and disinformation that has been supercharged by social media companies.
“Social media companies should suspend his accounts ASAP as they would do for anyone else advocating disinformation and promoting violence,” Greenblatt said. “It’s time.”
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Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington.
Four people died as supporters of President Donald Trump violently occupied the U.S. Capitol.
Washington, D.C., Police Chief Robert Contee said the dead on Wednesday included a woman who was shot by the U.S. Capitol Police, as well as three others who died in “medical emergencies.”
Police said both law enforcement and Trump supporters deployed chemical irritants during the hourslong occupation of the Capitol building before it was cleared Wednesday evening by law enforcement.
The woman was shot earlier Wednesday as the mob tried to break through a barricaded door in the Capitol where police were armed on the other side. She was hospitalized with a gunshot wound and later died.
D.C. police officials also say two pipe bombs were recovered, one outside the Democratic National Committee and one outside the Republican National Committee. Police found a cooler from a vehicle that had a long gun and Molotov cocktail on Capitol grounds.
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U.S. stock futures rose in early morning trading on Thursday as investors digested the likely event of a Democratic held Congress and continued to look past riots at the U.S. Capitol.
Dow Jones Industrial average futures jumped 216 points. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures also both traded in positive territory.
During Wednesday’s trading session, markets were largely unaffected by the chaos in Washington caused by pro-Trump rioters at the U.S. Capitol. Lawmakers had just started the procedural process of counting the Electoral College votes and formally declaring President-elect Joe Biden the winner, when protesters stormed the chamber.
Wednesday evening, the Capitol building was secured and Congress reconvened to continue the process to confirm Biden’s win. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate will certify the winner of the 2020 election Wednesday night.
“The strength of the country is our institutions and our laws,” Ed Keon of QMA told CNBC. “Seeing this is disheartening but we will prevail and I think that’s the message of the markets.”
“I think the reason the markets aren’t too flummoxed is it’s not going to change the transition of power,” Tom Lee, Fundstrat Global Advisors co-founder, added.
On Wednesday, U.S. equities rose as Georgia’s Senate runoff election results rolled in. Minutes after the closing bell, NBC projected that Democrat Jon Ossoff defeated Republican David Perdue. This comes after NBC earlier projected Democrat Raphael Warnock defeated Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler in their runoff.
Georgia’s election results create a 50-50 Senate that Democrats will control, due to the tiebreaking vote in Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. It is widely expected that a Democrat-held Senate would push for a more robust stimulus package, speculation which boosted equities on Wednesday.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed more than 400 points or 1.4% to close at a record high. The S&P 500 rose 0.57%, hitting an intraday all-time high during the session. The two averages closed off their highs amid the riots however.
The Nasdaq Composite was the relative underperformer, dipping 0.6% as Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google-parent Alphabet all closed lower.
The small cap benchmark Russell 2000 jumped nearly 4% to top the 2,050 level on hopes of further fiscal aid.
The 10-year Treasury yield broke above 1% for the first time since the pandemic-triggered rout in March late on Tuesday. The jump in yields triggered a rally in bank stocks on Wednesday.
Amid the chaos, cryptocurrency Bitcoin topped $36,000.
The Labor Department releases last week’s jobless claims at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday. Economists polled by Dow Jones are expecting 815,000 Americans filed for unemployment last week, compared to the previous week’s 787,000 claims.
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WASHINGTON — The nation’s lawmakers took to their electoral duties late Wednesday amid broken glass and smashed doors in the U.S. Capitol following an historic day of havoc wrought by pro-Trump rioters who breached the building in hopes of thwarting President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.
Thousands of rioters had gathered at the National Mall to protest the election results. At a campaign-style rally about an hour before the mob broke through police lines at the Capitol, Trump had urged them to go to the building.
D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee said the chaotic day included four fatalities: a woman who was shot by the U.S. Capitol Police, as well as three others — two men and one woman — who died in “separate medical emergencies.” Police had made “in excess of 52 arrests,” including 26 on U.S. Capitol grounds, he said.
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Former President Barack Obama on Wednesday night blamed the day’s chaos at the US Capitol on President Trump, saying it will be marked in history “as a moment of great dishonor and shame for our nation.”
In a statement posted to his official Twitter account, Obama laid blame to the mayhem directly on Trump, the Republican party and the media for spreading a “fantasy narrative.”
“History will rightly remember today’s violence at the Capitol, incited by a sitting president who has continued to baselessly lie about the outcome of a lawful election, 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,” Obama said.
“For two months now, a political party and its accompanying media ecosystem has too often been unwilling to tell their truth — that this was not a particularly close election and that President-Elect Biden will be inaugurated on January 20.
“Their fantasy narrative has spiraled further and further from reality, and it builds upon years of sown resentment. Now we’re seeing the consequences, whipped up into a violent crescendo,” Obama wrote.
He said Republicans can either continue to perpetuate the chaos, or help put an end to the division. “They can choose America,” Obama said.
While critical of the GOP party, Obama also said he was “heartened” to see some members today voice their opposition to what unfolded.
“We need more leaders like these — right now and in the days, weeks, and months ahead as President-Elect Biden works to restore a common purpose to our politics. It is up to all of us as Americans, regardless of party, to support him in that goal,” he said.
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Former White House communications director Alyssa Farah is pleading to supporters of her former boss to accept the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Amid violence taking place on Capitol Hill, Farah–who left the White House in December as President Trump‘s legal team continued to challenge the Electoral College victory of President-elect Biden in several swing states–took to Twitter and urged Trump voters to face what she suggested is a harsh reality for them.
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“Dear MAGA- I am one of you. Before I worked for @realDonaldTrump, I worked for @MarkMeadows & @Jim_Jordan & the @freedomcaucus. I marched in the 2010 Tea Party rallies. I campaigned w/ Trump & voted for him. But I need you to hear me: the Election was NOT stolen. We lost,” Farah began her Twitter thread.
While she acknowledged that there “were cases of fraud” that “should be investigated,” Farah stressed that “the legitimate margins of victory for Biden are far too wide to change the outcome. You need to know that.”
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“I’m proud of many policy accomplishments the Trump Admin had. But we must accept these results,” Farah continued. “It’s time to regroup, organize, & campaign for political leaders we believe in, and let our democracy work. It is NOT and NEVER will be a time for violence. If you believe in America first, you believe in our Constitution, the rule of law, & our first principles.”
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Earlier in the day, President Trump attended a rally where he reiterated to his thousands of supporters that the election was “stolen.” Meanwhile, the contentious certification of President-elect Biden’s victory was halted after a pro-Trump mob stormed Capitol Hill, causing lawmakers to go into lockdown.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said in a letter to colleagues that the decision to quickly resume counting votes on the heels of the riot was made in consultation with political leaders including Vice President Mike Pence, who is presiding over the joint session of Congress.
“Our purpose will be accomplished,” Pelosi said as she reconvened the House’s session, about an hour after the Senate resumed its own proceedings.
“Today was a dark day in the history of the United States Capitol,” Pence said as he opened the session in the Senate.
“We condemn the violence that took place here in the strongest possible terms,” the vice president, who previously served as a congressman from Indiana
“The violence was quelled, the Capitol is secured, and the people’s work continues,” Pence said.
“To those who wreaked havoc in our Capitol today, you did not win. Violence never wins. Freedom wins,” he said.
“Let’s get back to work.”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said, “The United States Senate will not be intimidated.”
“We are back at our posts, we will discharge our duty,” McConnell said. “We assembled this afternoon to count our citizens’ votes, and to formalize their choice of president.”
“We will certify the winner of the 2020 presidential election,” he concluded.
Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., blasted Trump, whom he called “undoubtedly our worst president,” and whom he said “bears a great deal of the blame” for the riot.
“This mob was in good part President Trump’s doing,” said Schumer. “His responsibility, his everlasting shame.”
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WASHINGTON — Utah Sen. Mitt Romney called today’s violent protests in the US Capitol where one woman died “an insurrection, incited by the President of the United States.”
Romney’s comments on President Trump’s supporters storming the building Wednesday came after many of his political colleagues from around the state chimed in on the unprecedented events.
Some of politicians who supported President Trump’s unending efforts to overturn the election are now condemning many of his supporters for their violent occupation of the US Capitol.
But it was Romney’s statement that offered the harshest take on the president and those elected officials who have backed him up.
“We gather today due to a selfish man’s injured pride and the outrage of his supporters whom he has deliberately misinformed for the past two months and stirred to action this very morning,” wrote Romney. “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.”
“They will be remembered for their role in this shameful episode in American history. That will be their legacy.”
The counting of the Electoral College votes was delayed after protesters breached security at the Capitol, but Romney says their mission will not be canceled.
“We must not be intimidated or prevented from fulfilling our constitutional duty. We must continue with the count of electoral college votes. In light of today’s sad circumstances, I ask my colleagues: Do we weigh our own political fortunes more heavily than we weigh the strength of our Republic, the strength of our democracy, and the cause of freedom? What is the weight of personal acclaim compared to the weight of conscience?
The Utah delegation was in Washington today, and some in the Senate chambers, when the order was given to evacuate to safety after protesters breached security and entered the building.
Newly-elected Rep. Burgess Owens, who was called a “star” by Trump and was one of two Utah congressman to say they would challenge the results of the Electoral College votes, reacted to the violence on Twitter.
“My team and I are safe and beyond grateful for the service of Capitol Police,” wrote Owens. “I am deeply saddened by what is happening right now. Americans are better than this. Senseless violence is NEVER okay. We have to do better.”
Rep. Chris Stewart, who also promised to challenge the Electoral College votes that would confirm Joe Biden as president, also spoke out on social media.
“Protesters who are breaking windows, threatening violence, and accosting police are behaving inexcusably. It is un-American. This must stop now!” tweeted Stewart.
In a live interview with FOX 13, Rep. John Curtis said he was safe, but did not release where he was at the time due to security concerns.
“I think the most troubling thing was that the Capitol was breached,” said Curtis. “We all operate under this sense of security that now seems a little bit false.”
Curtis previously joined Sen. Mitt Romney is declaring that he would not contest the election.
While not naming Trump, Curtis seemed to insinuate that the president’s continued anger and false allegations may have sparked the violence in Washington, DC.
“There’s a great deal of frustration that tempers were allowed to escalate like this, that they were actually encouraged. It’s not how we do things in the United States of America.” said Curtis.
“This is not America today. This does not represent us. People from all walks, no matter how you feel about the president should push back on this and let everybody know that this is not acceptable.”
In a tweet posted in the afternoon, Utah senior Senator Mike Lee assured everyone that he and his staff were safe, while also calling out the protesters.
“The violence at the United States Capitol is completely unacceptable. It is time for the protesters to disperse.” wrote Lee.
In a video statement posted on Twitter, Governor Spencer Cox encouraged Utahns to participate in peaceful protests and condemned violence happening around the Nation.
“To any of you out there who are considering joining those protests I ask you to please do so but please do so in the right way. To do so loud to do so proud but to do so in a respectful manner and by no means resort to violence or property destruction.”
Cox also emphasized his belief that now is the time for Utah to set an example for the rest of the country.
“I’m calling on all of you to speak out to speak up and to let your family, your friends, your neighbors know this is unacceptable. We are better than this in Utah, we are better than this in America.”
Earlier Wednesday, Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes called the protests “unacceptable,” and said there was no place for violence in politics.
“I condemn, in the strongest terms, the acts of violence at our nation’s Capital Building today. I pray for the safety of law enforcement working to keep order, for legislators of all parties as well as other civilians who are protesting peacefully. There is no place for violence in our political discourse, even over the most serious issues and disagreements. We are a nation of laws. This is not how Conservatives and Republicans behave. This is absolutely unacceptable,” wrote Reyes.
Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson also issued a written statement, adding that she is “pleased” congress decided to move forward with the counting of the electoral college Wednesday night.
“For five years I worked in the United States Capitol and traversed the same hallways and staircases that today were overrun by rioters and extremists. The building itself is a powerful and historic symbol of unity and the resilience of our nation. For generations, we have fought to preserve the foundational tenets of our democracy, literally within the walls of a building that today was breached by violent and disgraceful means. I am both angry and sad thinking of the congressional staff who honor that building and endeavor to preserve our institutions each day. It is time we live up to the promise of our founding, to create “a more perfect union.” I am pleased Congress has decided to press on tonight and am hopeful that we will restore civility and honor in the days to come and restore faith in our institutions, our government, and the rule of law.”
In a Facebook post, Utah State Auditor John Dougall called President Trump “seditious and treasonous.”
“My duty is to defend the US Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic, not to defend any specific individual. Trump is seditious and treasonous. He needs to resign or be officially removed from office. Let there be no doubt of my opinion,” Dougall wrote.
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- Some Twitter users could not load tweets, trending topics, and search functions due to the “high traffic” on the site during the pro-Trump siege at the US Capitol building Wednesday evening.
- “Due to high traffic on our service, Tweets, Trends and search may not have been loading properly for some,” a spokesperson told Insider. “Our systems have stabilized and we’re working to keep Twitter running without interruption.”
- The social media site also said it would restrict engagement on some tweets pertaining to elections due to “the risk of violence.”
- Twitter users called on the platform to suspend President Donald Trump’s account, accusing him of inciting violence.
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Some Twitter users could not load tweets, trending topics, and search functions due to the “high traffic” on the site on Wednesday, according to a spokesperson.
Twitter users flooded the site with videos and pictures capturing the riot at the Capitol building after violent Trump insurrectionists broke in to stop the counting of electoral votes in the 2020 election. The breach forced Mike Pence and other lawmakers to evacuate the building, and Virginia sent in the National Guard.
“Due to high traffic on our service, Tweets, Trends and search may not have been loading properly for some,” spokesperson Layal Brown said in an email to Insider. “Our systems have stabilized and we’re working to keep Twitter running without interruption.”
Twitter announced the site would “significantly restrict” engagement with tweets that fall under its “Civic Integrity Policy,” which aims to share accurate information on elections and other civic processes, due to the risk of violence.
“We have been significantly restricting engagement with Tweets labeled under our Civic Integrity Policy due to the risk of violence,” the company stated. “This means these labeled Tweets will not be able to be replied to, Retweeted, or liked.”
—Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) January 6, 2021
Twitter users called on the platform to suspend President Donald Trump’s account, accusing him of inciting violence. An hour rioters broke into the House and Senate chambers, Trump issued a tweet that read: “I am asking for everyone at the U.S. Capitol to remain peaceful. No violence! Remember, WE are the Party of Law & Order – respect the Law and our great men and women in Blue. Thank you!”
Twitter halted engagement with Trump’s next tweet, a video of him baselessly disputing the results of the presidential election and telling rioters to “go home.” Twitter users cannot comment, retweet, or like this post.
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Rattled but defiant, members of Congress returned to the Capitol on Wednesday night to resume counting the electoral votes from the November election, a process that leaders on both sides of the aisle said would not be derailed by the earlier siege of the building by President Trump’s supporters.
“This temple to democracy was desecrated, its windows smashed, our offices vandalized,” Senator Chuck Schumer, the minority leader, said as the Senate reconvened.
Mr. Schumer, who is poised to become the majority leader after Democrats won both of Tuesday’s runoffs in Georgia, said that January 6, 2021, was a date that would live in infamy, invoking President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s phrase after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
He called Mr. Trump’s supporters who stormed the building “goons and thugs.”
Moments earlier, Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, called the rioters “unhinged” and referred to the siege as a “failed insurrection.”
“We will not bow to lawlessness or intimidation,” he said.
From the dais of the Senate, Vice President Mike Pence, who was evacuated from the Capitol during the breach, thanked law enforcement officers for restoring order and protecting leaders.
“Violence never wins,” Mr. Pence said. “Let’s get back to work.”
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“We are aware of what happened at the U.S. Capitol,” Blake said. “Obviously we do not want that to happen in Colorado. We want people to voice their concerns, regardless of what side you’re on, peacefully. As long as it remains peaceful, that allows people to be out and express it.”
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Democrats’ twin victories in Georgia have huge implications for President-elect Joe Biden’s legislative agenda, as he will not be forced to navigate a Republican Senate and negotiate with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell during the opening years of his administration.
The Georgia results also represent a triumphant coda for Democrats’ 2020 campaign season, which began last year with high hopes for wresting back control of the Senate.
Instead, Democratic candidates fell short in many battlegrounds across the country, while the races for Georgia’s two Senate seats proceeded to runoffs after no candidate earned more than 50 percent of the vote in the November election.
In that election, Perdue — a former business executive and first-term senator — narrowly missed the 50 percent threshold to win reelection outright, but still ran roughly 88,000 votes ahead of Ossoff.
Since then, the two candidates have been locked in a competitive one-on-one contest, with Ossoff repeatedly attacking Perdue over the timing of his stock trades amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Ossoff leveled especially fierce criticism during an October debate, prompting Perdue to skip a subsequent televised forum in December.
For his part, Perdue frequently pointed to the fact that he earned tens of thousands of more votes than Ossoff in the November, and accused his opponent of being a “trust fund baby” with “scandalous ties” to foreign powers.
In recent weeks, however, Perdue’s reelection battle had become increasingly entangled with President Donald Trump’s own effort to reverse the outcome of the 2020 White House race.
The president’s particular interest in overturning the election results in Georgia, where he lost to Biden, complicated campaigning for Loeffler and Perdue — who both clung to Trump as he attacked Gov. Brian Kemp and other Republican state officials.
The two candidates had sought at once to defend the president’s election fraud allegations while also imploring Republican voters to return to the polls in January for their runoff races.
Perdue was also quick to express support for Trump’s bid to boost coronavirus stimulus checks to $2,000, a last-minute demand by the president that broke with the public posture of most Senate Republicans.
But after McConnell blocked the proposal, Ossoff and Warnock began campaigning on the increased payments.
More recently, the runoff races had been rocked by news reports of a call between Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, during which the president pressured the state’s top elections official to “find” enough votes to overturn Biden’s victory.
GOP lawmakers and party officials had grown increasingly anxious that Trump’s rhetoric aimed at sowing doubt about Georgia’s election processes could cost Republicans the Senate.
And in the final days before the election, Perdue was forced to abandon the campaign trail when he began quarantining after coming into close contact with an individual who tested positive for the coronavirus.
Ossoff, at 33, is the youngest Democrat elected to the Senate since Biden in 1972.
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