BREAKING: Trump Pledges ‘Orderly Transition’ of Power After Congress Certifies Joe Biden’s Win
On Wednesday, President Trump failed to show true leadership as he allowed his supporters to storm through the U.S. Capitol and cause chaos, delaying the counting of the electoral votes cast in the 2020 presidential election, as lawyers were forced to evacuate.
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Motivated by the president, the rioters stormed the Capitol and were photographed scaling the building’s walls, breaking windows, roaming through the building, looting and vandalizing lawmaker’s offices. Rioters also ripped an American flag off of a flagpole outside the Capitol building and replaced it with a Trump flag. Trump took hours to finally address the situation saying, “we love you, you’re very special” and doubling down on the baseless claims that the election was “stolen from us” before adding “we have to have peace, so go home.”
Despite all of that, the show still went on as congress later confirmed Biden and Harris’ presidential victory Wednesday night. In a statement released overnight, Trump addressed the American people, finally agreeing to a transition of power, but while still disagreeing “with the outcome of the election.”
“Even though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless there will be an orderly transition on January 20th,” Trump said after Congress certified his defeat, according to CNN. “I have always said we would continue our fight to ensure that only legal votes were counted. While this represents the end of the greatest first term in presidential history, it’s only the beginning of our fight to Make America Great Again.”
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