A pipe bomb was found outside the Republican National Committee today in Washington, D.C. The building was cleared and the bomb destroyed by a bomb squad.
RNC headquarters is a few blocks from the U.S. Capitol. No one was injured in the incident.
The RNC has yet to issue a statement about the bomb.
Also in the nation’s capitol, Rep. Cori Bush, a Missouri Democrat, has called for the impeachment and removal of President Donald Trump and the expulsion of all members of the House who have been “complicit in inciting the attack on our nation’s Capitol. Their actions must have consequences.” Bush has a draft resolution that she will introduce as a member of the House Judiciary Committee.
Bush is the first Black Lives Matter organizer to be elected to Congress, winning her seat in November. She spent days as a street protester in Ferguson, Missouri, after an 18-year-old black man was killed by a white police officer. As a freshman in Congress, she is strengthening the far left wing of the House that is known as The Squad, with Reps. Pressley, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) all winning reelection.
Rep. Omar announced today she is drafting new articles of impeachment against Trump, who has refused to concede the election.
Also today, Twitter has locked President Donald Trump’s account, cutting off his usual form of communication. It is a 12-hour lock, and Twitter has demanded Trump remove some of his recent posts, which Twitter has blocked from view. This is the first time the president has been locked out of his Twitter account, although the company has threatened to do so repeatedly.
