The world’s leading social media platforms are shutting their doors at the outgoing president of the United States, President Donald Trump, following a mob action he instigated to disrupt the legislative process that could declare former Vice President Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States.
In a shocking series of tweets, President Trump had called on Vice President Mike Pence to reject fraudulent electors’ votes planned to be counted on January 6th, 2021 and take back their election. A request that led to many Trump fans demanding Pence reject the choice of the American people and ensure Trump continuity.
However, Mike Pence, in a well-publicized statement, told Trump he lacks the power to change the election results. A response that later prompted Trump to call on his followers to march to the Capitol in Washington DC and take back America from the joint session of the Senate.
What followed was a shocking sight of thousands of Trump followers forcefully breaking into Capitol, stealing and destroying properties.
Mike Pence was evacuated with lawmakers moved to a more protected section of the building. All pledge to get Trump to call them to order fell on deaf ears until Americans started calling his action insurrection act and domestic terrorism before he made a compromised video to order them to stop.
Still, it took a few hours before they left.
“We gather due to a selfish man’s injured pride, and the outrage of supporters who he has deliberately misinformed for the past two months and stirred to action this very morning,” Senator Mitt Romney, Republican of Utah and the 2012 presidential nominee, said after the chamber reconvened.
Police stand guard after holding off Trump supporters who tried to break through a police barrier, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. As Congress prepares to affirm President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, thousands of people have gathered to show their support for President Donald Trump and his claims of election fraud. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
“What happened here today was an insurrection incited by the president of the United States.”
In order to curtail Trump’s excesses and ability to engineer something similarly, Twitter deleted his last three tweets and locked him out of his account for the next 12 hours. Facebook and Instagram followed suit with 24 hours suspension from their platform to ensure he does not instigate more mob action per adventure Joe Biden is declared as the 46th President of the United States.
Earlier on Thursday congress confirmed President-elect, Joseph R. Biden Jr. as the 46th President of the United States.
In a speech delivered by Mike Pence, the Vice President said “To those who wreaked havoc in our Capitol today, you did not win.”
“Violence never wins. Freedom wins. And this is still the people’s house.”
Republican Senator from Kentucky and the majority leader, Senator Mitch McConnell, said the “failed insurrection” had only clarified Congress’s purpose.
“They tried to disrupt our democracy,” he said. “They failed.”
