By Thomas I. Likness
Eagle News Service

 

EDMONTON (Eagle News Service) — Canadian Prime Minister says he watched with great concern as rioters who support U.S. President Donald Trump stormed the American Capitol Wednesday.

“Canadians are deeply disturbed and saddened by the attack on democracy in the United States, our closest ally and neighbor,” said Trudeau on Twitter.

The protest began after Trump egged them on at a rally earlier Wednesday.

“All of us here today do not want to see our election victory stolen by emboldened, radical-left Democrats,” Trump told supporters gathered outside of the White House. “We will never concede.”

He then urged the crowd to march to the Capitol before he retreated to the Oval Office where he remains holed up.

Protesters clashed violently with police when they reached Capitol Hill and breached the building.

“Violence will never succeed in overruling the will of the people,” tweeted Trudeau. “Democracy in the US must be upheld – and it will be.”

Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Phillipe Champagne said Canada is “deeply shocked” by today’s events in Washington.

“The peaceful transition of power is fundamental to democracy – it must continue and it will,” tweeted Champagne. “We are following developments closely and our thoughts are with the American people.”

Opposition Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole also condemned the rioting.

“The storming of the Capitol Building is an astonishing assault on freedom and democracy,” O’Toole said on Twitter. “I am deeply saddened to see chaos grip our greatest ally today.”

(Eagle News Service)