4 Minnesota GOP lawmakers silent on blame for Capitol siege
Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., holds up images of people in America standing in food distribution lines, as he speaks during a news conference with the Problem Solvers Caucus, Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Congressional leaders have hashed out a massive, year-end catchall bill that combines $900 billion in COVID-19 aid with a $1.4 trillion spending bill and reams of other unfinished legislation on taxes, energy, education and health care. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
By STEVE KARNOWSKI and MOHAMED IBRAHIM Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The four Republicans in Minnesota’s congressional delegation split on whether to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the Electoral College.
But they remained silent Thursday on whether President Donald Trump and other GOP leaders bear any blame for the violence at the U.S. Capitol that interrupted the proceedings.
Minnesota Democrats held little back on a day when top Democratic leaders called for Trump’s removal from office. Rep. Dean Phillips implored Congress to stay in session to consider impeaching Trump or invoking the Constitution’s 25th Amendment to remove him. He also demanded the ouster of those responsible for the security failure at the Capitol.