{"id":2044,"date":"2021-01-08T20:22:20","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T20:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/?p=2044"},"modified":"2021-01-08T20:29:09","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T20:29:09","slug":"reactions-to-the-chaos-in-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/08\/reactions-to-the-chaos-in-washington\/","title":{"rendered":"REACTIONS TO THE CHAOS IN WASHINGTON"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>U.S. SENATOR CORY A. BOOKER\u2019S RESPONSE TO CHAOS AT THE CAPITOL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Jan. 6, U.S. Senator Cory A. Booker tweeted the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOn August 24, 1814, the British stormed our Capitol and set fire to it. Now the Capitol has again been breached and sieged. Donald Trump incited this. He is responsible for this. And he is silent as this tragic moment continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd Donald Trump is being aided and abetted by a group of Republican House and Senate members. This is on them, as well. We must rise from this nadir of shame. We must repair our democracy. We must heal our nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNeither the President, nor the members of Congress, nor the violent mobs who want to overturn the results of this election will succeed. They will fail. Our democracy will not. We Shall Overcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDonald Trump has shown he is a direct threat to the safety and security of Americans and the integrity of our democracy. The Vice President &amp; Cabinet should immediately invoke the 25th Amendment to remove the President from office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTrump incited a violent insurrection against our own government. Congress should be prepared to impeach &amp; remove the President if the Vice President and Cabinet fail to adhere to their constitutional duty. We must protect our national security.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NEW JERSEY STATE SENATOR RONALD L. RICE\u2019S STATEMENT ON CHAOS AT THE CAPITOL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senator Ronald L. Rice released the following statement regarding the irreverent disruption that erupted at our nation\u2019s Capitol Jan. 6:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAlthough I\u2019ve lived through many a despicable period and endured the past twelve months as some of the most difficult of my life, today\u2019s events have made this Wednesday, January 6, 2021, my most heartbreaking day as an American.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cToday, people of good will in New Jersey and every state have been brought to their knees in anguish over the incomprehensible torrent of disrespect, ignorance, arrogance and hostility that has trashed not only our most sacred process of peaceful transfer of power but the very building that serves as its temple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am appalled and demoralized. And yet somehow, I am not surprised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis deplorable revolt rooted in fiction, delusion and cosplay fantasy, has almost nothing at all to do with political party affiliation, red\/blue, liberal\/conservative or even election results. It has to do with our complete breakdown in national communication, our inability to listen to each other anymore and our cowardice. Fewer and fewer of us have the clarity and commitment to stand up for honesty, compassion and justice. Many elected officials and their constituents are no longer capable of behaving with the decency most of us were taught in kindergarten chairs or on our grandmother\u2019s laps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen we keep silent and swim with a river of lies, or fail to go against the current for fear of sticking out, we kill America. When we choose to fawn over flawed leaders and rubber-stamp harmful legislation because it\u2019s the path of least resistance, we kill America. This gutless compliance and acquiescence eventually culminates in the inevitably debauchery and societal convulsion we witnessed today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOn Wednesday, January 6, 2021, America\u2019s mindless, blind reactivity resulted in the death of a woman shot in the chest inside our nation\u2019s Capitol building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI believe her cause of death was more than the bullet fired into her chest.&nbsp; She died from the crushing failure of communication among countrymen and women. She died from the delinquency of timid, fearful legislators standing mute to lies and liars. She died from the despair promulgated by people who seek to divide us and strip us of dignity and hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShe was also killed by an inexplicable failure of a so-called \u201claw and order\u201d president who mobilized every manner of military force to squelch peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters &#8211; and yet today somehow managed to tie the hands of security forces necessary to repel the expected assault of armed extremists that he all but begged to come to Washington to get \u2018wild.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor many reasons, this has been one of America\u2019s darkest days. But comparing photos of the capitol\u2019s robust security force unleashed at last June\u2019s BLM demonstration with the ineffective presence that abetted today\u2019s chaos reveals a sad and stubborn reality found in every state, including ours: Black lives often seem to matter only when you can somehow take advantage of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe must do better, beginning right now.&nbsp; America needs to reward truthfulness, honor compassion, elevate justice and celebrate diversity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>STATEMENT BY ESSEX COUNTY EXECUTIVE JOSEPH N. DIVINCENZO, JR.:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Make no mistake, today is one of the darkest days in our nation&#8217;s history. But I believe we are better than the discord created in Washington. Our democratic principles have formed the bedrock of our country and they will not be broken by the tantrums of President Trump. I look forward to President-Elect Biden&#8217;s inauguration and a return to decency, honesty and truthfulness from our national leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NEWARK MAYOR RAS J. BARAKA\u2019S STATEMENT ON VIOLENCE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat we witnessed yesterday was hate and fear in purest form. It was truly a sad day as our fight for democracy, freedom, and Constitution came under siege.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur nation fervently watched attacks on our Members of Congress. They were barricaded in the U.S. Capitol and held hostage only for the mere reason that democracy was upheld.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMake no mistake: President-Elect Biden won the election not by a small margin but by 9 million votes. The people have spoken. He won the Electoral College by a tally of 306 to 232. Those votes have been certified by the states, upheld by all the federal courts, including the Supreme Court, and were confirmed last night by Congress. However, what we have known for some time and what last night has certainly proven is that the Electoral College is our biggest obstacle to a true democracy. There has never been anything right with it. I stand for the abolishment of this outdated and undemocratic practice and further call upon every elected official that believes in the future freedoms of our civilization to continue to condemn yesterday\u2019s atrocities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEven if we do not like the outcomes of the election, terroristic attacks of white supremacy on our nation&#8217;s shores resulted in the shooting of a woman and anarchy. We must end the hatred dividing our country and arrest the criminals responsible before our democracy is further compromised.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. SENATOR CORY A. BOOKER\u2019S RESPONSE TO CHAOS AT THE CAPITOL On Jan. 6, U.S. Senator Cory A. Booker tweeted the following: \u201cOn August 24, 1814, the British stormed our Capitol and set fire to it. Now the Capitol has again been breached and sieged. Donald Trump incited this. He is responsible for this. 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