To understand: Mike Pence’s letter that triggered the unprecedented entrance of Trump supporters to the Capitol

An unprecedented situation was experienced during the afternoon of this Wednesday in the Capitol, when hundreds of followers from outgoing President Donald Trump, entered the headquarters of Congress in the United States, generating riots, in which even a woman was shot and wounded.

What triggered the protests of Trump supporters and the subsequent riots?

During the day the House of Representatives and Senate should make official as the winner of the presidential elections, held on November 3, the democrat Joe biden. The session, which was to last between 30 minutes and an hour, would be chaired by the current Vice President, Mike PenceHowever, the outgoing president, Donald Trump, asked through his Twitter account not certify Biden’s electoral victory.

In another of his tweets, Trump – who has accused election fraud and has refused to assume the triumph of his opponent – noted that “Mike Pence will have to help us, and if he doesn’t, it will be a sad day for our country.”.

The vice president of the United States refused the call and assured that he would not modify the result of the election. “It is to my thoughtful reasoning that my oath to follow and defend the Constitution does not allow me to claim unilateral authority to determine which votes should be counted and which ones should not.”Pence said in a letter published minutes before the session that would ratify Biden’s triumph.

After the refusal, the President reacted against his vice president, assuring – also via Twitter – that Pence “he did not have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our country and our Constitution, giving the States the possibility to certify correct data and not the inaccurate and fraudulent data that they previously certified. America demands the truth! “

It was under that scenario that hundreds of people came to the outskirts of the Capitol as a way to demonstrate in favor of Trump. Some even managed to enter the building where the ratification of the president-elect was taking place. The session had to be suspended and postponed as a result of the situation, in addition, the authorities present had to leave the building for security reasons and others had to take shelter in their offices.

The federal police had to request reinforcements in the face of the disturbances, in order to disperse the protesters, resulting in a bullet wound to a woman. Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser declared a curfew from 6:00 p.m.

Amid the tension, Trump asked the protesters to leave the Capitol calling for “peace.” “Everyone knows, especially the other side, but we have to go home now”, He said through a video posted on his social networks.