美媒报道,当地时间1月6日下午,数百名特朗普支持者聚集在华盛顿特区,举行抗议活动,部分示威者闯入美国国会大厦,向正在进行的国会联席会议施压,迫使其拒绝确认拜登选举获胜。
当时国会联席会议正在确认大选结果,议员被迫撤退,国会联席会议中断。期间一名女性中枪身亡。
特朗普支持者闯入国会
国会议员紧急避难
据美国有线电视新闻网(CNN)、美国全国广播公司(NBC)等美媒报道,当地时间下午1点左右,特朗普的支持者们高呼“USA”,挥舞着美国国旗和写着“不要践踏我”的旗帜,冲入国会大厦进行抗议。场面一度极其混乱。
国会大厦东侧,数百名抗议者,其中有些人举着特朗普旗帜,试图越过安保人员。
Hundreds of protesters, some carrying large Trump flags, were seen on the East Front of the Capitol trying to move past security.
随后,抗议者冲破国会大厦外围设置的障碍,与身穿全套防暴装备的警察扭打起来,他们称警察为“叛徒”。
……hundreds of pro-Trump protesters pushed through barriers set up along the perimeter of the Capitol, where they tussled with officers in full riot gear, some calling the officers "traitors" for doing their jobs.
90分钟后,抗议者闯进大楼,众议院和参议院的大门被锁上。随后不久,众议院楼层被警察疏散。
About 90 minutes later, police said demonstrators got into the building and the doors to the House and Senate were being locked. Shortly after, the House floor was evacuated by police.
警察向抗议者喷射胡椒喷雾
在抗议者闯进美国国会时,有执法人员开枪。
经华盛顿特区警方确认,一名女子胸部中枪身亡。多名警员受伤,其中至少一名已被送入医院。
抗议者还冲进众议院议长佩洛西办公室,坐在她椅子上摆拍。
随后,副总统彭斯紧急撤离,议员们也被紧急疏散。
国会警察发出紧急通知:“由于大楼内部受到威胁,请在最近的办公室避难并保持安静。”
Police have alerted individuals to shelter in place, citing a "security threat inside the building."
拜登喊话特朗普:兑现承诺
特朗普推特账号被封
随后,拜登喊话特朗普:现在上国家电视台,兑现承诺,捍卫宪法,结束这场暴力围堵。
…Biden called on Trump to "go on national television now to fulfill his oath and defend the Constitution and demand an end to this siege" at the Capitol.
特朗普发布推特回应称:我要求前往美国国会大厦的所有人保持和平。没有暴力!请记住,我们是代表法律和秩序的党派,尊重法律以及我们共和党所有伟大的人。谢谢你们!
据美国国家公共电台(NPR)报道,特朗普在推特上发布了一条视频,要求人们回家。但他还在不断重复毫无根据的说法——选举是被偷来的,甚至鼓励抗议者说“你们非常特别”。
He then posted a video on social media, asking people to go home — but not before reiterating his baseless claims about the election being stolen and saying: "You're very special."
事实上,就在此次暴力事件发生的几小时之前,特朗普曾在白宫外对他的支持者进行午间讲话,他一再否认选举结果,毫无根据地声称他的竞选活动遭到了不正当操纵。
His response to the violence came just a few hours after a midday address to supporters outside the White House in which he repeatedly denied the results of the election, claiming without evidence it was rigged against his campaign.
他还表示,“(拜登)这次当选是从你、从我、从国家偷来的。” 他敦促他的支持者前往国会大厦,并补充说:“你们如果软弱就永远无法夺回我们的国家。”
"This election was stolen from you, from me, from the country," he said in the earlier remarks. He also urged his supporters to head to the Capitol, adding: "You'll never take back our country with weakness."
据悉,这两条推特已被Twitter公司删除。
推特官方称,特朗普账号由于违反推特规定,可能会被永久封号。这意味着在12小时内,该账号会被封闭,移除涉嫌虚假消息的推文。若推文未被移除,账号会依然会处于封闭状态。
美国动用国民警卫队
暴徒被赶出参议院
外媒最新消息显示,白宫表示已动用国民警卫队平息抗议活动。
五角大楼首席发言人乔纳森·霍夫曼称,大约有1100名华盛顿特区国民警卫队已被动员,帮助联邦执法部门镇压了暴力活动。
The Washington D.C. National Guard force of about 1,100 was mobilized to help federal law enforcement tamp down the insurrection, according to chief Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman.
CNN援引一位官员的话称,他们已成功将暴徒从参议院侧翼赶到圆形大厅,正将他们从国会大厦的东西门赶出。
The Senate floor has been cleared of rioters, and an officer told CNN that they have successfully squeezed them away from the Senate wing of the building and towards the Rotunda, and they are removing them out the East and West doors of the Capitol.
编辑:胡雨濛
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