Violent demonstrators demanding President Donald Trump be declared the winner of the November election stormed the U.S. Capitol as the House and Senate met to count the electoral votes giving former Vice President Joe Biden the victory. Senators and Representatives had to be evacuated as Capitol police attempt to restore order.
While leaving the area, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana) shared a video on his social media calling the rioters' actions "wrong" and "un-American."
"There are people who have violently entered the United States Capitol and are attempting to disrupt what is going on, which is the peaceful transition of power," said Cassidy. "This is wrong, it is absolutely wrong, it is un-American, period."
Cassidy and others were making their way out via the U.S. Capitol subway system, a network of tunnels that link the Capitol to the House and Senate office buildings.
"This is about our country; it’s not about hooligans," Cassidy concluded.
Cassidy is among Republican Senators who have said they would vote against objecting to the Electoral College count. Usually a routine affair every four years, the Vice President of the United States, as part of their official duties, counts the ballots cast in the Electoral College. Members of the House and Senate may object, causing two hours of debate before a vote on whether or not to accept the ballots.
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