We got up this morning thinking that it would be another uneventful day. How wrong we were!
The United States has been an inspriation and a shining example to the world for as a democratic country respecting the wills of its people through free and fair elections of its governemnt.
Watching Mitch McConnell's opening speech at the beginning of the joint session around 2pm, I was almost in tears by his touching words. Though a staunch supporter of Trump, he finally came around to accept the result of the November election and urged strongly other Republican colleagues to do the same.
No sooner after Mitch's speech, we watched commotion taking place in the chamber and in a few minutes, the house represetnatives were evaucated. We could not believe what we were seeing live on ourtv screen. While some congressmen were ducking down, some were with guns drawn on guard by the door to the chamber. Rioters were breaking windows, climbing into the Capitol, roaming around the hall of the Capitol. rummaging through the desks of congressmen/women in the evacuated chamber.
It was unimaginable what has just transpired this afternoon as Januaury 6, 2021 will be forever remembered as an infamy and a dark day in the recent American history. We thought we were watching a coup d'etat in a third world lawless country run by thugs. The America we have known was better than this. We were so disappointed and appalled at what the whole world was witnessing at that moment.
The only redeeming thing for America on its darkest day in recent history was the brave actions taken by its congressmen/ women on both sides to resume their consititional duties of counting the electoral college votes to certify Joe Biden as the next president of United States!
Toronto, Canada
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