After four years of unwavering support for President Donald Trump, several senior Republican figures and former members of his White House team finally parted ways with him on Wednesday, January 6, 2021.
On a day that Police confirmed that four people died in the mayhem as Trump supporters broke into the Capitol, the GOP came out strongly to condemn Trump’s actions in attempting to overturn November’s election result and inciting a mob to storm the Capitol.
Reports said of the four persons involved, one was shot dead by police, while three others died from medical conditions.
Below is what some of the officials said on current happenings in the country:
Mitch McConnell, Republican Senate Majority Leader:
“The voters, the courts, and the states have all spoken. If we overrule them all, it would damage our republic forever. If this election were overturned by mere allegations from the losing side, our democracy would enter a death spiral. We’d never see the whole nation accept an election again.
“It would be unfair and wrong to disenfranchise American voters and overrule the courts and the states on this thin basis. And I will not pretend such a vote would be a harmless protest gesture while relying on others to do the right thing.”
Sen Lindsey Graham:
“Trump and I, we’ve had a hell of a journey. I hate it to end this way. All I can say is count me out. Enough is enough. I’ve tried to be helpful. They said 66,000 people in Georgia under 18 voted. I said give me ten. Haven’t had one. They said 8000 felons in prison in Arizona voted. Give me 10. Haven’t got one. I don’t buy this. Enough’s enough. We’ve got to end it.”
Mick Mulvaney, former Trump acting White House Chief of Staff, who has resigned today as Trump’s Special Envoy to Northern Ireland:
“Now is the time for Mr President to be presidential. He can stop this now and needs to do exactly that.”
Ronna McDaniel, RNC chair:
“What these violent protesters are doing is the opposite of patriotism. It is shameful and I condemn it in the strongest possible terms. Anyone who thinks they are helping the country by participating in this is wrong.”
Kevin McCarthy, Republican House Minority Leader:
“I condemn any of this; this is appalling. This is un-American. This should never happen in our nation and whatever is going on right now has got to stop. I want everybody to take a deep breath and understand we all have some responsibility here.
“I don’t care what we’ve ever said on Facebook, what we’ve ever done to one another, we are all Americans, we need to stop. We can disagree with one another, but to take it to how this has gone is beyond anything I’ve ever envisioned that was possible in this nation.” – Agency reports
