Daily Digest for January 7, 2021 Posted at 7:45 a.m. by Michael Olson |
Good morning,
Insurrectionists made no effort to hide their intentions, but law enforcement protecting Congress was caught flat-footed.
In Minnesota: “They cheered and sang, and they talked about armed revolt. They posed for pictures and wore Colonial-era costumes, and they laughed when they found out a mob breached the U.S. Capitol Building," writes Stephen Montemayor for the Star Tribune . "The roughly 500 supporters of President Donald Trump who gathered outside Minnesota’s fenced-off State Capitol on Wednesday mixed violent rhetoric with jubilation at a four-hour rally that later moved to the governor’s residence amid chaos in Washington. ‘Now you know why Trump wanted us there’! said Alley Waterbury, a local Republican Party leader from Woodbury who emceed the rally. ‘My God you guys, we are going to fight, we are going to go down, there’s going to be casualties. I’ll be the first casualty, I do not care.’”
Minnesota's elected leaders condemned the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Minnesota Republicans Reps. Michelle Fischbach and Jim Hagedorn objected to certification of Biden's victory.
🎧 9 a.m. What led to the storming of the U.S. Capitol and efforts to overturn the election?
🎧 11 a.m.How are you processing the violence in D.C. that unfolded Wednesday? |
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