“I’m disappointed now,” said Mace, who worked for Trump’s 2016 campaign on Thursday morning. “I think that after last night – and I am in my hundredth hour as a member of Congress, I am working for about two hours of sleep – I am disturbed. We need to rebuild our nation and rebuild our party. We are not like that. It is extremely distressing. And it’s sad. It is heartbreaking. “
As for the president, “everything he worked for … all that – all of his legacy – was erased yesterday,” she added. “We need to start again.”
Trump’s supporters were finally unable to permanently interrupt Congressional certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory on Wednesday afternoon, and after lawmakers returned to their quarters later that night to resume proceedings, several Republican allies of the president offered their own rebukes.
“Trump and I, we had a hell of a trip. I hate it that way, ”said Senator Lindsey Graham (RS.C.). “All I can say is, count on me. Enough is enough. I tried to be useful. “
Congress would finalize Biden’s victory on Thursday morning, and Trump – whose favorite social media accounts were temporarily suspended after his posts were said to have incited violence – issued a statement acknowledging for the first time that he would step down and would agree orderly transition of power.