Vermont: What's Your Response To The U.S. Capitol Insurrection?

Vermont Public | By Mitch Wertlieb,

Published January 7, 2021 at 2:56 PM EST

People flying trump flags outside the U.S. Cap — Pro-Trump extremists stormed the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. The mob of protesters tried to overturn America's democratic presidential election and prevent Democrat Joe Biden from replacing Trump in the White House.

The U.S. Capitol was evacuated Wednesday after hundreds of pro-Trump extremists breached the building. Elected officials, including Vermont's Gov. Phil Scott, Rep. Peter Welch and Sens. Leahy and Sanders, have called for the resignation or removal of the President Trump for inciting insurrection. This hour, we want to hear what you're thinking, and what kind of conversations you're having, about what happened.

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Mitch Wertlieb

A graduate of NYU with a Master's Degree in journalism, Mitch has more than 20 years experience in radio news. He got his start as news director at NYU's college station, and moved on to a news director (and part-time DJ position) for commercial radio station WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. But public radio was where Mitch wanted to be and he eventually moved on to Boston where he worked for six years in a number of different capacities at member station WBUR...as a Senior Producer, Editor, and fill-in co-host of the nationally distributed Here and Now. Mitch has been a guest host of the national NPR sports program "Only A Game". He's also worked as an editor and producer for international news coverage with Monitor Radio in Boston.

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Matthew F Smith

Matt Smith worked for Vermont Public from 2017 to 2023 as managing editor and senior producer of Vermont Edition.

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