UPDATE: Both Governor Roy Cooper and Congressman David Price have called for President Donald Trump to be removed from office.

“This president has betrayed our country and is therefore unfit to lead it. He should resign or be removed from office,” Cooper wrote via Twitter.

“I call on Vice President Pence and cabinet members to uphold their oath to the Constitution and invoke the 25th Amendment immediately to remove President Trump from office,” wrote Price. “President Trump’s erratic behavior, his refusal to honor his constitutional duties, and his incitement of an attack on the very seat of democracy leave us no choice. It is too dangerous to wait until January 20th.”

 

 

Following a chaotic day in Washington D.C., where demonstrators loyal to President Donald Trump broke into the U.S. Capitol Building, several North Carolina leaders shared their reactions on social media.

As Congress met in a joint session Wednesday to ratify the Electoral College votes electing Joe Biden as the next U.S. president, thousands of demonstrators in the nation’s capitol pushed past police barriers to disrupt the proceedings, many claiming the election results were false.

Congressman David Price, who represents Orange County, Durham County and others in the U.S. House of Representatives, shared a message on Twitter saying he was safe in the minutes after several of the demonstrators broke into the congressional chambers. Thursday morning, Price shared a statement condemning the actions of the violent protesters and of President Trump.

In North Carolina, Governor Roy Cooper wrote a brief message Wednesday afternoon, calling the actions of those who forcefully entered the Capitol Building “terrorism” and urging the acceptance of a transition to Biden’s administration.

UNC Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz issued a statement to the university’s community Wednesday night. He said the events in Washington D.C. was an attack on the country’s democracy.

Several local government officials shared reactions as well, including some from the towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro, condemning Trump’s encouragement of his followers and sharing encouragement for the future.

One elected official who cannot share their thoughts as freely on social media: President Trump himself. Twitter suspended his official account Wednesday night, citing violations of the site’s Civic Integrity policies after Trump continued to show support to the violent demonstrators and share falsities regarding election results. Facebook announced on Thursday it has indefinitely suspended Trump’s accounts because of “the use of his platform to condone rather than condemn” the actions of his supporters on Wednesday.

 

Featured image via AP Photo/John Minchillo.

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