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Thursday on ABC’s “The View, co-host Meghan McCain said that “all Republicans and conservatives who still have clout” have to “invoke the 25th Amendment.” Reacting to the riot Wednesday on Capitol Hill, McCain said, “This is one of the great national tragedies of my lifetime. This is one of America’s darkest days. I have been absolutely despondent watching this. I’m here in D.C. As everyone knows, my sister-in-law works on Capitol Hill and the office door where she works, the window was busted out. I think that this is a good time to take a very hard look at where...

Former National Security Adviser John Bolton said Thursday on CNN’s “The Lead” that while President Donald Trump has blood on his hands, the 25th Amendment should not be invoked to remove him from office because it could create a dispute causing there to be two presidents. Anchor Jake Tapper said, “Let me just ask you, do you think President Trump has blood on his hands?”

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said during a press conference Thursday that if Vice President Mike Pence does not move forward with efforts to remove President Donald Trump from office, then the House might impeach the 45th president. Pelosi signaled her support for using the 25th Amendment and floated that the House may try to remove Trump from office via impeachment. “If the vice president and the cabinet do not act, the congress may be prepared to move forward with impeachment,” Pelosi said.

Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) said Thursday on MSNBC’s “MTP Daily” that President Donald Trump must be removed from office because he “incited and fueled” an assault on the Capitol by domestic terrorists.

One of the more colorful invaders in Wednesday's assault on the Capitol is the son of a Brooklyn Supreme Court judge. Aaron Mostofsky, dressed in fur pelts and a police flak jacket streamed into the Capitol with hundreds of other pro-Trump protesters, is the son of Shlomo Mostofsky, a well-connected Orthodox politico who last year ascended to the Kings County Supreme Court. The connection, first reported by Gothamist, came after the younger Mostofsky became one of the most photographed participants in the impromptu raid.

Washington, D.C.’s leading federal prosecutor did not rule out charging President Donald Trump following the assault on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of the president. In a Thursday press call, Acting U.S. Attorney Michael Sherwin told reporters that the Department of Justice will consider lodging criminal charges targeting any individual for playing a role in Wednesday’s riot. At one point, one reporter asked if President Trump could face charges, to which Sherwin replied: “I don’t want to sound like broken record. We’re looking at all actors here.” “Anyone who had a role and where the evidence fits a crime,” he...

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Americans underwent over 21 million background checks and purchased nearly 23 million firearms during 2020. Fox Business reports that 21 million-plus background checks represent an increase of “60 percent from 2019.” Moreover, the number of background checks conducted in 2020 broke the 2016 record by 34 percent.

Republican strategist Karl Rove said Thursday on the Fox News Channel’s “The Story with Martha MacCallum” that President Donald Trump’s new video condemning the riots at the U.S. Capitol and promising a peaceful transition of power to the Biden administration was “too little, too late.”

Mike Pompeo and Steve Mnuchin discussed using the 25th Amendment to remove Donald Trump from office on Wednesday night, according to a report, but ultimately decided against it. The Secretary of State and Treasury Secretary's deliberations were reported as the two top Democrats in Congress, Sen. Charles Schumer and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, reached out directly to Vice President Mike Pence Thursday to try to push him to act immediately to remove Trump from office, only to be rebuffed. Pompeo and Mnuchin held discussions with their aides and staff, CNBC reported on Thursday.

Fox News' Tucker Carlson on Thursday night called out President Donald Trump after he 'recklessly encouraged' his supporters to invade the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday sparking violence that has resulted in five fatalities. Carlson, a Trump ally who has spent the majority of his presidential term praising and protecting him, claimed that the president has now reached the end of his 'shelf life' and it was 'not healthy' for the nation to continue being 'focused on a single man'. The Fox host added that Trump has now reached his 'expiration date' and questioned whether the president is 'worth all of...

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Twitter shares fell after the site temporarily banned President Donald Trump for his dangerous rhetoric when a mob of MAGA fans stormed the US Capitol at his behest. The social media giant suspended Trump's account for 12 hours on Wednesday evening after Washington, DC, was plunged into chaos as hundreds of the president's followers staged riots both outside and within the halls of Congress. Twitter's share price slipped 1.8 percent by closing bell on Thursday - a drop perceived to be related to its actions against Trump.

The chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security has called for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the FBI to ban those involved in Wednesday's insurrection that breached the U.S. Capitol building from flying on airplanes... ..."This should include all individuals identified as having entered the Capitol building—an intrusion which threatened the safety of Members of Congress and staff and served as an attack on our Nation."

The Wall Street Journal editorial board has called on Donald Trump to resign, in an abrupt severance of their previously accommodating position. The paper, owned by Rupert Murdoch, has been more tolerant of the president than some of their rivals. But on Thursday night they knifed him, telling him he needed to leave before he was impeached.

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During any protest there are bad apples. Yesterday was a peaceful protest for the most part. But Republicans just can't wait to throw their own under the bus. This is why we will not win any more elections. We are on a battleground. The Republicans show up with their Bibles and Constitutions and eloquent op-eds. The Democrats show up with their lawyers, corrupt judges and brass knuckles. Trump showed up with his lawyers and brass knuckles and that is why he was so successful. You get what I am saying? We will always lose that battle. And yesterday we lost...

A computer programmer who founded a social media website for supporters of President Donald Trump and an Alabama man who posted online “Load your guns and take to the streets!” were among the four who died when a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol.

Like pretty much all conservatives, I have consistently criticized riots and other forms of political violence for many years. That includes yesterday’s Washington, D.C. riot. You can’t say the same about liberals, however. Until yesterday, one might have thought that liberals consider rioting and other forms of political violence to be as American as apple pie. You could write a book in support of that proposition, but for now let’s cite just a few examples. Do you remember when President Trump was inaugurated on January 20, 2017? Leftist Democrats rioted in Washington that day. That riot was arguably worse, more...