– Terrified by the irresponsible behavior of some of our political leaders – VG

Before the angry crowd stormed the US Congress building on Wednesday, US President Donald Trump made the following appeal to the crowd that had gathered to protest the election result:

– We’re going to Capitol Hill.

Former US Republican President George W. Bush is now highly critical of the direction the country has taken since the November 3 presidential election.

In a statement, he says that he and his wife Laura Bush stare in disbelief at the scenes that take place in the US capital.

– It’s a sick and heartbreaking sight. This is how the electoral results are questioned in the banana republics, not in our democratic republic, he says.

“False information and false hope”

The former president does not mention Donald Trump by name, but writes that the attack on the Congress building has been carried out by people who have had their “passion fueled by false information and false hopes.”

– I am dismayed by the irresponsible behavior of some of our political leaders after the elections, and the current lack of respect for our institutions, our traditions and our police.

George W. Bush was one of the first prominent Republicans to congratulate Joe Biden on his election victory in November.

Now he asks people who are disappointed with the election result to put the country first.

– That the elected representatives fulfill their functions and represent our voices in peace and security.

– The president is responsible

Wyoming Republican Liz Cheney, the party’s third principal representative in the House of Representatives, tells Fox News that she will clarify Trump’s role in the assault on the Congress building.

– Our job is to count the votes. We will count the votes, but there are serious questions related to the involvement of the president in what happened here tonight, here in the Congress building, and it cannot be tolerated, he tells the channel.

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Republican Senator Richard Burr of North Carolina goes even further and is clear that he believes Trump is responsible for what happened.

– The president is responsible for today’s events, in the sense that he has promoted the unfounded conspiracy theories that have led up to this point, he writes in a statement, and notes that the US courts have rejected that there is a basis for widespread voter fraud in this year’s presidential election.

Utah Republican Senator Mitt Romney, who has identified himself as a staunch critic of Trump, said in a statement that the president is responsible for the chaos in Washington DC:

– What happened today was an uprising, caused by the president of the United States. Those who decide to continue to support his dangerous plan and oppose the results of legitimate and democratic elections will forever be seen as complicit in a unique attack on our democracy.

Early Wednesday, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell also spoke out strongly against Trump, saying he feared America would be destroyed forever.