Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is calling on the administration to place those involved in storming the Capitol during last week’s riots on the no-fly list. He fears that some could return to Washington or travel elsewhere to commit violence.
“We are concerned about these people getting back on airplanes and doing more violence,” said Schumer during a New York City press conference.
He went on to say that “the insurrectionists who breached the U.S. Capitol fall under the definition of threats to the homeland and should be immediately added to the TSA no-fly list.”
“We are calling on the authorities — the FBI, the TSA,” Schumer declared, “any of those who were inside the Capitol should be placed on the no-fly list and not be allowed to fly.”
Schumer’s remarks came after President Trump criticized Big Tech companies, accusing them of deliberately creating anger in the country.
“I think that big tech is doing a horrible thing for our country and to our country,” Trump told the press, apparently referring to his recent ban from several social media platforms.
“And I believe it’s going to be a catastrophic mistake for them. They’re dividing and divisive, and they’re showing something that I’ve been predicting for a long time,” he continued. “But I think big tech has made a terrible mistake, and very, very bad for our country. And that’s leading others to do the same thing, and it causes a lot of problems and a lot of danger.”
Trump was questioned about his role in last week’s violence at the Capitol. He responded by defending a speech he delivered on the national mall moments before rioters stormed the Capitol.
During his press conference, Schumer made it seem as if Trump were blaming others and engaging in a “pathological technique used by the worst of the dictators.”
The Minority Leader argues that the president’s statements were further evidence for the ongoing demand to have him removed from office before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration in about a week.
