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Former President Obama issues response to violence on Capitol Hill, calls on GOP leaders to speak out

Former President Barack Obama speaks during a drive-in campaign rally with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden at Belle Isle on October 31, 2020 in Detroit, Michigan.
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Former President Barack Obama speaks during a drive-in campaign rally with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden at Belle Isle on October 31, 2020 in Detroit, Michigan.
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Former President Obama issues response to violence on Capitol Hill, calls on GOP leaders to speak out
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In his response, Obama called on leaders of the Republican party to speak out and was "heartened" to see some already doing so.

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Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Georgia, who is projected to have lost her bid to keep her seat after being defeated by the Rev. Raphael Warnock, rescinded her objection to the certification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory. Loeffler had previously campaigned on objecting to certifying the votes.

"When I arrived in Washington this morning, I fully intended to object to the certification of the electoral votes," Loeffler said. "However, the events that have transpired today have forced me to reconsider and I cannot now, in good conscience, object."

The statement comes in the wake of a historic storming of the U.S. Capitol by protesters egged on after a recent rally held by Trump. The protesters broke into the Capitol building and made it into congressional chambers and offices of elected officials.

Representatives scrambled to crouch under desks and don gas marks, while police tried to barricade the building, one of the most jarring scenes ever to unfold in a seat of American political power. A woman was shot and killed inside the Capitol, and Washington바카라 게임 웹사이트s mayor instituted an evening curfew in an attempt to contain the violence.

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