President Donald Trump in a social media video addressing violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. President Trump posted a recorded video to social media on Wednesday telling the mob of people who stormed the U.S. Capitol to “go home in peace.”The President posted the video after President-elect Joe Biden addressed the nation himself on live TV and called for Trump to do the same. Biden requested that Trump go on live TV to address the American people and to tell the angry crowd to leave the Capitol. Trump called it a fraudulent election while telling people to remain peaceful. The large group of supporters for Trump were rioting Wednesday at U.S. Capitol buildings in Washington D.C. as lawmakers are meeting to certify an election win for Joe Biden.

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