DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire House was quick to condemn the violence unfolding at the U.S. Capitol.
The House passed a resolution Wednesday shortly after dozens of President Donald Trump’s supporters breached security perimeters and entered the Capitol as Congress was meeting, expected to vote and affirm Joe Biden’s presidential win. Because the New Hampshire lawmakers were meeting from their cars in a drive-in style session, Speaker Sherm Packard asked them to honk their horns or flash their lights to vote yes.
“I will take that as a unanimous vote,” he said after about 20 seconds of sustained honking.
Republican Rep. Jason Osborne and Democratic Rep. Renny Cushing sponsored the resolution, which read: “Whereas we have learned with great dissatisfaction that there is political violence in our nation’s capital, now therefor be it resolved that the New Hampshire House of Representatives condemns all violence and action in Washington, D.C.”
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