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Trump-incited domestic terrorists overrun Capitol, halt election count, try coup

January 6, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

Their objective: To overthrow U.S. democracy and keep GOP Oval Office occupant Trump in office, by what D.C.’s Attorney General called “an attempted coup d’etat.”

Trump’s fascist insurrection in D.C. aims to destroy U.S. democracy

January 6, 2021 By People’s World Editorial Board

We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: No to the Trump coup.

D.C. faces potential Trumpist riots during electoral vote count

January 6, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser activated 340 members of the city’s National Guard to help police patrol the streets and keep the peace on Jan. 6.

Dirty Dozen Senate sedition caucus stalling certification of 2020 election

January 6, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

Meanwhile, Trump extremists descend on Capitol demanding that the election be overturned as the president pressures Pence to use non-existent powers to flip election results.

Democratic victories in Georgia end GOP rule in the Senate

January 6, 2021 By John Wojcik

Georgians make Raphael Warnock, the first African American from their state a U.S. senator, and send Jon Ossoff, the youngest person ever, to that same body.