 "Republicans sing 'Happy Birthday' to Trump on his first visit to Capitol since January 6")
Former US President Donald Trump received a grand welcome from the House and Senate Republicans on his first visit to Capitol Hill since the devastating January 6 riots that sent shockwaves across the country in 2021.
As he went to rally the Republican congressional, this also marked Trump’s first visit to Washington DC after he was convicted of 34 criminal counts in the infamous Hush Money case. “There is tremendous unity in the Republican Party,” Trump said after meeting with GOP senators at the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
Happy Birthday Day to President Trump 💙 ❤️ Long Live Trump.. pic.twitter.com/qPPy66uRqU
— Zara Noor (@Zara_NoorX) June 14, 2024
A room full of House Republicans sang Happy Birthday to Trump, who turned 78 on Friday. While he addressed the gathering of lawmakers, the former reality star did not take questions from reporters. The visit stirred many headlines and Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz described it as a “pep rally”, CBS News reported.
House Republicans will hit the ground running in January 2025 with the 47th President of the United States! 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/hSWZFeGXqR
— Mike Waltz (@michaelgwaltz) June 13, 2024
“We are 100 per cent unified behind his candidacy and are ready to get to work on behalf of the American people,” Rep. Elise Stefanik, who chairs the House Republican Conference told the reporters and called the meet a “very successful” political gathering.
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Former US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi mounted a forceful denunciation of Trump’s visit to the Capitol. She accused the former president of returning with “the same mission of dismantling our democracy”.
It is pertinent to note that it was the Trump supporters who descended on the building in an effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election result in the favour of the business-mogul-turned politician.
“Today, the instigator of an insurrection is returning to the scene of the crime,” Pelosi said in a statement. “January 6 was a crime against the Capitol, that saw Nazi and Confederate flags flying under the dome that Lincoln built.”
“It was a crime against the constitution and its peaceful transfer of power, in a desperate attempt to cling to power. And it was a crime against members, heroic police officers and staff, that resulted in death, injury and trauma that endure to this day," she added.
Pelosi, whose office was defiled by rioters said: “With his pledges to be a dictator on day one and seek revenge against his political opponents, Donald Trump comes to Capitol Hill today with the same mission of dismantling our democracy. But make no mistake – Trump has already cemented his legacy of shame in our hallowed halls.”
The former House Speaker’s remarks attracted major backlash from Trump as well. “Nancy Pelosi’s daughter is a wacko … her daughter told me if things were different Nancy and I would be perfect together. There’s an age difference, though,” American website Punchbowl quoted Trump saying at the gathering of Republican lawmakers.
However, Trump’s comments attracted backlash from one of Pelosi’s daughters. “Speaking for all 4 Pelosi daughters — this is a LIE. His deceitful, deranged obsession with our mother is yet another reason Donald Trump is unwell, unhinged and unfit to step foot anywhere near her — or the White House,” Christine Pelosi wrote on X, formally known as Twitter, on behalf of her mother.
Speaking for all 4 Pelosi daughters — this is a LIE. His deceitful, deranged obsession with our mother is yet another reason Donald Trump is unwell, unhinged and unfit to step foot anywhere near her — or the White House. https://t.co/RkHP0uQbRw
— Christine Pelosi (@sfpelosi) June 13, 2024
Meanwhile, The Hill quoted Pelosi’s spokesperson saying that Trump has “lost his marbles”.
With inputs from agencies.
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