Siege comes after Trump urges crowd of protesters to march on Capitol and undo November election defeat by Joe Biden
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America was shaken on Wednesday as a mob of Donald Trump supporters staged an insurrection at the US Capitol building in Washington, storming the debating chambers and clashing with armed police.
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I call on President Trump to go on television now to demand an end to this siege. It’s not protest. It’s insurrection
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