U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer is calling for the removal of President Donald Trump following the attack on the Capitol on Wednesday. He wants the 25th Amendment to be used by Vice President Mike Pence and at least half the Cabinet to declare Trump unfit for office. Around 75 demonstrators took to Hezekiah Easter Park on Main Street in Nyack yesterday calling for the president to be removed. Locally, the violence in Washington D.C. was condemned by political leaders on all sides of the political aisle. Stony Point supervisor, Republican Jim Monaghan, a former police officer, called what he saw in the capitol, disgusting…
Haverstraw Supervisor Howard Phillips, a Democrat, says the violence has to stop…
Western Ramapo and Orange County assemblyman Karl Brabenec, a Republican, says he was shocked to see what was happening in D.C.…
Because of the violence the death toll has reached five this morning. Published reports say U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, who was reportedly struck with a fire extinguisher during the riot, died late last night.
The event prompted several high-profile resignations within the administration, including Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao; special U.S. envoy to Northern Ireland, Mick Mulvaney, the President’s former chief of staff; Education Secretary Betsy DeVos; the Senate Sergeant at Arms; and the U.S. Capitol Chief of Police.