US president Donald Trump accused of having 'blood on his hands' and 'undermining democracy'

AMERICAN president Donald Trump has been accused of having ‘blood on his hands’ and ‘undermining democracy’ after violent protestors stormed the US Capitol in an attempt to overturn the election and prevent Joe Biden taking to the White House.
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Trump supporters clashed with police as tear gas was dispersed with one woman dying after being shot inside the Capitol, while three other people died after suffering ‘medical emergencies’, according to police chief Robert Contee.

The outgoing president said ‘we love you’ to the rioters and repeated his unproven claims of electoral fraud.

MP Stephen Morgan.

Picture: Sarah Standing (211220-9844)MP Stephen Morgan.

Picture: Sarah Standing (211220-9844)
MP Stephen Morgan. Picture: Sarah Standing (211220-9844)

He subsequently urged supporters to ‘go home’.

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Demonstrators had forced their way inside the building after a rally was held near the White House where Mr Trump encouraged them to march on Capitol Hill.

The incident led to Portsmouth South MP Stephen Morgan criticising the president on Facebook, saying: ‘Extraordinary scenes in the US at Capitol Hill right now.

Donald Trump could stop this, yet his actions continue to undermine democracy and the values of the free world.’

Penny Mordaunt, Portsmouth North MP, said: ‘These were appalling scenes. It was an attack on democracy. Tragically four people are dead as a consequence.

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‘But the United States is a nation with strong values, a strong constitution and strong institutions. It will recover, and I hope that president-elect Biden is helped by all politicians, whatever party they belong to, rebuild trust in those institutions and promote those values which have made the US a great nation.

‘Before inauguration day, every political leader who believes in those values needs to give unequivocal support to the smooth transition and the democratic process.’

Americans now living in the UK told The News they were not surprised there were clashes.

Gosport resident Mark Waite, 50, who lived in Stafford, Connecticut, in the north east of the USA, said his nephew went to the protests. ‘I haven’t heard from him yet. We need to find out what happened and what’s what. But I can understand why Trump supporters did what they did. America will become a communist domain with Joe Biden.

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‘America has got the biggest shady government in the world. The country has gone downhill.’

He added: ‘Those creating problems are probably under 28 and just want their name and picture in the paper but most of the protestors are just defending their right for a proper vote.

‘Unfortunately the protests didn’t change anything as Biden is still getting into power. It was a rigged election – it could trigger civil war.

‘There will be a lot more deaths before January 20 when Biden becomes president.’

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Dean Kellogg, who was born in Seattle, Washington, but now lives in Lee-on-the-Solent, said: ‘It is scary to think how much US sentiment still supports Trump who is the embodiment of the powerful and elite, someone who wants to get rid of immigrants and is a misogynist.

‘But the people who framed the constitution lived under worse people than Trump. They were genius men who knew how to protect liberty from people deep rooted in power like Trump.’

The 53-year-old added: ‘It is now a chance for Biden to put things right. Trump has blood on his hands. He is now like Julius Caesar with everyone giving him a knife in the back.’

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