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Top GOP congresswoman says Trump is "abusing the trust of the American people"From CNN’s Ali Main
Responding to President Trump's tweet calling his supporters who violently stormed the US Capitol earlier Wednesday "great patriots," House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney said the President is "abusing the trust of the American people and abusing the trust of the people who supported him."
"Our job in the Capitol is to count the votes. We will count the votes, but there are serious questions about the President's involvement and responsibility for what happen here tonight, here today at the Capitol and it cannot be tolerated," she said in a phone interview on Fox News.
The No. 3 House Republican said she does expect for lawmakers to return to the House floor Wednesday evening to continue their joint session to count Electoral College votes and affirm President-elect Joe Biden's victory. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had said the same earlier.
"I think there is agreement that we must do that," Cheney said, adding it was important to send a message to the country and world that America is "not ruled by mob violence."
"We have this tremendous history of the peaceful transfer of power. Something that we take for granted but Ronald Reagan said it was miraculous. And I think what we've seen today demonstrates how fragile it is. And the obligation and the responsibility of everybody in a position authority to step up, make sure that we are abiding by our oath and make sure that this insurrection is not allowed to proceed and that we are not going to be ruled by the violence," Cheney said.
She said the fact that members of law enforcement were injured amid the violence was "absolutely unacceptable," and that Trump's response has been "completely intolerable.
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