United Stated President, Donald Trump has begged protesters who besieged Capitol Hill earlier on Wednesday to ‘go home’.
Capitol Hill is the seat of the US government, home to the domed United States Capitol – a building in which the U.S. Congress, Senate, Houses of Representatives and the Supreme Court.
Trump’s supporters stormed the building and violently clashed with police in a bid to stop Joe Biden from being certified as the next president of the country.
Speaking as the seat of US government was overrun and trashed by his supporters on Wednesday, President Trump said;
I know your pain, I know you’re hurt, we had an election that was stolen from us, it was a landslide election and everyone knows it. But you have to go home now, we have to have peace.
We have to have law and order. We have to respect our great people in law and order. We don’t want anybody hurt. It’s a very tough period of time. there’s never been a time likle this where such a thing happened where they could take it away from all of us.
This was a fraudulent election, but we can’t play into the hands of these people. We have to have peace, so go home, we love you, you’re very special.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2021
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Twitter immediately censored Trump’s tweet for potentially provoking violence. Earlier on Wednesday, the president himself appeared at a ‘Save America’ rally, many of whose attendees later chose to storm the Capitol.
Trump’s supporters stormed US Capitol after his nearby rally, disrupting a joint session of Congress being held to confirm Biden’s victory.
He had said he would join them – but later returned to US White house, and has since called out the National Guard to restore order. Wednesday’s chaos saw a woman shot in the neck by a cop, and at least one improvised explosive device (IED) discovered in its grounds.
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The Senate has since been cleared of protesters, who police are now moving out of the building. Lawmakers are said to be determined to continue with the certification hearing that triggered Wednesday’s riots.
