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Senators and House members who brought spurious objections to Pennsylvania’s electoral college votes after an angry mob seeking to upend our democracy stormed through the Capitol bear a heavy burden to explain their conduct.

Instead of peaceful protesters being doused in tear gas, we saw a mob posing for selfies with police and being allowed to wander the corridors of power like they couldn’t decide whether they were invading the Capitol or touring it.

Then he inspired a violent mob of his supporters to storm the Capitol.

They indulged and validated these seditious tendencies, even after they incited insurrectionist mob violence.

Many of America's top businesspeople have had enough of political pandering to the mob, and plan to deny future contributions to those who egged it on.

Just about everyone was shocked yesterday when a mob stormed the US Capitol—except, seemingly, traders in financial markets.

I call on this mob to pull back and allow the work of democracy to go forward.

The mob members who made it inside the Capitol took on a celebrity status when they came back out.

Bottom line, there just wasn’t enough personnel to prevent a mob from pushing in.

We were not allowed to take the stairs, because the mob was on the floors below.