CAPITOL CARNAGE OF DEMOCRACY

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Right from Nov.3,2020 when the results of the Presidential election started trickling and when President Trump knew that he was on back foot, he started creating problems.  He refused to accept defeat and vowed that there would not be smooth transition of power. All the swing states voted against Trump. Though he had about 75 million popular votes he could not make it. On the other hand Joe Biden had more than 81 million popular votes and also 306 electoral college votes in his favour. Mr. Trump could not digest his defeat. He called the election a fraud. He questioned the postal ballot system. He later questioned  the integrity of the electoral process itself. He refused to accept the people’s verdict. He challenged the election in state after state. He had in fact filed 60 law suits challenging the verdicts in different states.  All the law suits were dismissed. When the Congress convened to formally declare Joe Biden as President on the 7th Jan 2021 at Capitol Hill, he urged his supporters to descend on Capitol Hill to negate the verdict. His supporters marched to the Capitol Hill and what followed was complete violence with Trump’s supporters storming the building and the law makers running for shelter. The police were caught unawares. Trump kept on egging his supporters and inciting them for violence. The House was stormed. Furniture were broken. Documents were strewn. There was anarchy all round.

The President Trump even called Mr. Pence his Vice President to negate the verdict. Thankfully Mr. Pence refused.

After hours of violence Trump’s supporters were driven away and in the process four people lost their lives.

This was a black day in America’s History. America had witnessed one of the worst Presidents it ever  had. These kind of incidents are not rare in banana republics in Africa but not in a very matured democracy like USA.  Its pride has been shamed by Mr. Trump. Even at this dark hour Mr. Biden showed maturity and was sombre in his address.  After the mayhem, Mr. Trump was forced to give a video message appealing to his supporters to go back and concede All this only after all the damage had been done to democracy and after all the World leaders had issued condemnations.

It will be an herculean task for Mr. Joe Biden to repair the damage done by Mr. Trump all these four years of tenure. Mr. Trump has in fact divided the country and had whipped up Whites against the coloured. Mr. Trump had in fact earlier vowed that he would be a Republican Candidate for Presidency in 2024. Hope his party does not endorse his candidature after witnessing his tantrums.

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