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u.s. news Diahuebs 14 Januari 2021

Trump's call to action distorted in debate

(AP) — The House impeach- But throughout his remarks, Trump
ment debate on Wednesday heard spoke of the need to “fight," to be an-
a distorted account of President gry, to stop President-elect Joe Biden
Donald Trump's remarks to his from taking office.
supporters a week ago when he
exhorted them to “fight like hell" — “We fight like hell and if you don’t
before they swarmed the Capitol. fight like hell, you’re not going to
have a country anymore.”
REP. GUY RESCHENTHALER,
R-Pa.: “At his rally, President Trump — “We want to go back, and we want
urged attendees to, quote, unquote, to get this right because we’re go-
peacefully and patriotically make your ing to have somebody in there that
voices heard. There was no mention should not be in there and our coun-
of violence, let alone calls to action.” try will be destroyed, and we’re not
going to stand for that.”
THE FACTS: Trump's speech was a
call to action — a call to fight and save — “Nobody knows what the hell is
the country. going on. There’s never been any-
thing like this. We will not let them having to do with us, and you’re the He perhaps meant challenging Re-
“Our country has had enough,” he silence your voices. We’re not go- real people. You’re the people that publicans like Rep. Cheney of Wyo-
told those who went on to stage the ing to let it happen. Not going to let built this nation. You’re not the peo- ming in primaries, telling the crowd
violent siege of the Capitol. it happen.” The crowd repeatedly ple that tore down our nation.” “in a year from now, you’re going to
chanted “Fight for Trump!” “Thank start working on Congress.” But he
“We will not take it anymore and you,” Trump said. —"We will not be intimidated into did not say exactly what he meant by
that’s what this is all about. To use a accepting the hoaxes and the lies that getting rid of people.
favorite term that all of you people He assailed “weak,” “pathetic" Re- we’ve been forced to believe over the
really came up with, we will stop the publicans who were not standing past several weeks." “So let’s walk down Pennsylvania Av-
steal.” with him in his push to overturn the enue,” he concluded after more than
election results, and said “there'd be He told his refuted stories of “ballot an hour.
Reschenthaler accurately quoted a hell all over the country” if Demo- harvesting” and thousands of dead
line from Trump, when the president crats had been robbed of an election people voting. He didn't walk, but they did, bear-
told supporters “I know that every- win. ing Trump flags, overwhelming po-
one here will soon be marching over —"And we got to get rid of the weak lice and occupying the Capitol in an
to the Capitol building to peacefully “But just remember this,” he went congresspeople, the ones that aren’t hours-long melee that left five people
and patriotically make your voices on. “You're stronger, you’re smarter. any good, the Liz Cheneys of the dead and exposed Trump to the im-
heard.” You’ve got more going than anybody, world, we got to get rid of them. We peachment charge of inciting an in-
and they try and demean everybody got to get rid of them." surrection.

Northwest storm kills 1, causes landslide and power outages

(AP) — A powerful wind kane, when a woman in her for tree falls, KOMO-TV re- service, officials said. said.
storm rolled through the 40s died after a tree fell on ported.
Pacific Northwest, killing her car and trapped her in- The city's public schools Several rivers began over-
one person and leaving a side, said city Fire Chief Bri- High winds blew down trees were closed for in-person flowing their banks in Or-
trail of damage -- includ- an Schaeffer. across the greater Spokane and virtual learning Wednes- egon and a tractor-trailer in
ing a highway shut down region and Avista, a Spo- day morning and Eastern Washington state blew over
after a landslide and a Winds reached gusts 50-70 kane-based utility, reported Washington University also amid heavy wind gusts as it
tractor-trailer that was mph (80-113 kph) in parts that more than 70,000 cus- cancelled both in-person and attempted to travel over the
nearly blown off a bridge. of the Puget Sound region as tomers were without power online classes. Deception Pass Bridge north
More than 500,000 people the storm blew through on Wednesday morning. About of Seattle, officials said. Part
lost power. the tail end of several inches 430,000 customers elsewhere In Oregon, residents of the of the truck was left dangling
of rain that left the ground in Washington state and in small community of Dodson over the edge of the bridge,
The death happened in Spo- saturated and conditions ripe Oregon also lost electrical were told to evacuate after but the driver escaped un-
the National Weather Service harmed.
issued a flash flood warning
Wednesday morning, KOIN “I just passed the middle of
reported. the bridge and a gust of...I
don’t know how bad... just
The weather service told picked up my trailer and
residents to call friends in my truck and just pushed it
the area to wake them up and against the guard rail,” truck-
tweeted that the situation has er Jeff Myles told KOMO
been “deemed too dangerous NewsRadio. “I slammed on
to send in rescue crews.” my brakes and I just laid over
the guard rail. It tilted about 3
Near Dodson, part of In- feet each way.”
terstate 84 was closed after
a landslide spilled onto the Myles said his cab was lean-
freeway before dawn. First ing over the edge of the
responders were searching bridge and he couldn’t just
to try to determine whether open his door.
anyone was caught in the de-
bris. The landslide was esti- “I could look down at the
mated to be several feet deep water (out my window), so I
in some areas and heavy ma- wasn’t going to open THAT
chinery was being brought in door,” he said.
to clear the debris, officials