‘Anarchy in the USA’: what the papers say about the storming of the US Capitol
The extraordinary and violent scenes that consumed the US Capitol constructing on Wednesday have dominated information protection throughout the world.
The Guardian carries a scene from the Capitol’s rotunda, full of a pro-Trump mob waving the flag of their chief: “Chaos as pro-Trump mob storms US Capitol”. Prominence is given to a quote from the US president-elect, Joe Biden, who mentioned: “Our democracy’s under assault, unlike anything we’ve seen in modern times.”
On its digital entrance web page the New York Times carries the headline “Mob incited by Trump storms Capitol”. Columnist Nick Kristoff writes: “This is a horrifying and shameful day in American history. A president incited rioters to attack the US Capitol and interrupt the Constitutional process to select a new president.”
Dan Balz, writing in the Washington Post, says US democracy has been debased. “Instead of a moment of celebration of free and fair elections in the world’s greatest democracy, Wednesday will be remembered as a day that brought a frightening and predictable culmination to two months of lies by the president.”
The Daily Telegraph describes the riots as “democracy under siege” and says of the failed assault on the capitol “This is the last chapter in Trump’s toxic legacy to America”. It carries the confronting picture of safety officers with weapons drawn barricading the entrance to the chamber of the House.
In the UK the Daily Express calls it “Anarchy in the USA”, writing that the outgoing president, Donald Trump, “opened the gates for violence and deaths”.
The Times additionally leads its entrance web page on the dramatic picture of police defending the ground of the House, plus a smaller image of the crowds outdoors. The headline is “US Capitol under siege”.
The Financial Times carries the riots outdoors the constructing and covers the refusal of the vice-president, Mike Pence, to assist Trump overturn the will of American voters. The headline is “Rioters storm Congress after Pence defies Trump on election”.
The Metro additionally goes with “Anarchy in the US” and reveals the identical scene from a special angle. It stories a bomb was discovered on the grounds of the Capitol and that one lady was shot. She has since died.
The i additionally goes for the anarchy angle in its headline and takes in the Democrats’ double win in Georgia’s Senate runoffs too.
The Daily Mail offers the unrest an image slot solely, with the headline: “Trump’s hate mob storms the Capitol”.
Previous – now prescient – covers from Der Spiegel are additionally being broadly shared on-line. In June it referred to as Trump a “The Fire Devil” and reported “A President sets his country on fire”. Italian newspaper la Repubblica described the day as America’s “coup day”.
