Twitter initially banned Trump’s account for 12 hours following the riot as Congress met to certify Joe Biden’s election win, allowing Trump to unknowingly send out what would be his final tweets on Thursday and Friday.
“To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th,” he announced in his last tweet.
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Several suggested that Trump be prosecuted for a crime or even removed under the Constitution’s 25th Amendment, which seemed unlikely two weeks from when his term expires.
“I think Donald Trump probably should be brought up on treason for something like this,” Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., told reporters. “This is how a coup is started. And this is how democracy dies.”
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Democratic Illinois Rep. Mike Quigley was also in the balcony. “It’s not good to be around terrified colleagues, with guns drawn toward people who have a barricade ... people crying. Not what you want to see,” he said.
“This is how a coup is started,” said Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif. “This is how democracy dies.”
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Members of the Los Angeles area congressional delegation found themselves barricaded in their offices and other locations today as supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol as Congress prepared to certify the results of the Nov. 3 election.
"I have been safely evacuated from the Capitol to a secure location and am sheltering in place," Rep. Jimmy… Read more »
Los Angeles Rep. Karen Bass told CBSLA she blamed the day’s events on the president and his “cult following”.
“The idea that the President of the United States would have incited this level of violence is just shocking,” said Bass. This is an attempted coup by the President of the United States.
Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Los Angeles, described the scene on his Twitter account.
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At least two dozen members, however, were left inside a gallery, given gas masks and advised to remain low to the floor.
“It was a pretty terrifying experience,” said Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Los Angeles), who was in the chamber. “This shouldn’t happen in the United States, where people think a democracy is being stolen from them and being antagonized by the president of the United States. It… Read more »
Police told us to follow them. We walked for several minutes, hustling down a warren to hallways and a winding staircase. I have worked in the Capitol for eight years, and I can’t tell you the path we took. As lawmakers, reporters and staffers streamed ahead, I slowed so I could speak with a visibly shaken Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Los Angeles). He was livid. I pulled out my phone and hit… Read more »
Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) laid blame for the Capitol chaos squarely on Trump and the congressional Republicans who attempted to use Wednesday’s session to challenge the Electoral College results.
“I think Donald Trump probably should be brought up on treason for something like this. This is how a coup is started. And this is how democracy dies,” Gomez told reporters as they were… Read more »
“I was wearing a mask and gloves and knocked on people’s doors, stood six to 10 feet back and encouraged people to do the census,” Gomez, a Democrat, said in an interview. “I think we’re gonna have to do the same thing.”Black, Latino and Native Americans were a focal point in census outreach nationwide as local leaders sought to ensure underrepresented communities weren’t also… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Los Angeles), who represents the district in Congress, watched the numbers come in and got worried.
"The count was not good, at all," Gomez said. "Worst of any congressional district in the state."
At that point, COVID-19 forced most census messaging onto social media, instead of face-to-face, as most local non-profits had planned for years prior. But with the… Read more »
