Kamala Harris was evacuated from her office due to the presence of two bombs during the assault on the Capitol

A former law enforcement official and a White House official have confirmed that the anonymous person who was escorted at 1.14 a.m. (local time) from the offices of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to a safe area, was Kamala Harris.

This evacuation occurred just seven minutes after the Capitol discovered two bombs -made of galvanized steel- in the pipes of the building, near the headquarters of the Democratic Party (DNC) and the Republican National Committee.

“She was there until she was evacuated,” said a White House official, as reported by NBC News, a presence that has also been confirmed by a second source: “He went to the DNC with plans to return when the proceedings began.”, has said.

Furthermore, he has added that Harris called repeatedly to make sure the staff was okay, as numerous blows were heard while the Police confronted dozens of protesters outside the building.

“That day I was not only vice president-elect. I was also a United States senator. And I was here on Capitol Hill that morning, in a secret audience with other members of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Hours later, the Capitol gates were disturbed“Harris said, as reported by ABC News.

Republicans, against Biden

Former President Donald Trump has responded to Biden’s speech accusing him of doing a “political theater”: “Democrats want to own this January 6 to stoke fears and divide the United States,” he said.

Trump has defended in a statement, collected by the US network ABC News, that seeing Biden speak is “painful for many people”: “They are the ones who tried to stop the peaceful transfer with a rigged election.”

In a cross-accusation between the White House and the Republicans, Senator Lindsey Graham, a Trump supporter, has insisted that Biden wants to politicize January 6: “The Biden presidency, one year after January 6, is in free fall not because of the attack on our Capitol, but because of failed policies and weak leadership. ”

In addition, it has ensured that Biden “will fail” because he “seems incapable of dealing with the challenges the United States faces.”, as published by the Republican on his official Twitter profile.

The Republican Representative for Louisiana, Steve Scalise, has condemned the violence of January 6, although he has accused the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, and other Democrats of using the anniversary for partisan purposes, according to Bloomberg.

“He has turned it into a political theater designed to distract attention from the many crises and failures of the Biden administration. that are hurting American families, such as inflation, high gas prices, the border crisis and the mismanagement of COVID-19, “said Scalise.

On the other hand, the senator for Alaska, Lisa Murkowski, one of the seven within the Republican party who voted in favor of convicting Trump in January of last year in his second impeachment trial, He blamed the former president and said in a statement that he “incited” the mafia that broke into the Capitol.

“A year later, the sadness and anger of knowing that it was the Americans who violated the center of our democracy, to thwart the certification of a legal election, remains with me,” he said.

Additionally, both Utah Republican Senator Mitt Romney and Minnesotta Democratic Senator warned that the insurrection must not be forgotten and that it is tragic that many Republicans try to downplay the event.

The Blanc House responds

The White House spokeswoman, Jen Psaki, has had to respond at a press conference to numerous questions related to the crossing of accusations between the former president and the current president, especially to the unknown why during the entire speech Biden hasn’t called Trump by name.

“I know the president talked about this himself, but I would say there is only one president in the history of this country who fomented an insurrection and, what caused the taking of the Capitol of our nation. I think everyone knew who he was referring to, “defended Psaki.

Regarding the accusations of “political theater”, Psaki has highlighted that this is a good sign, given that he saw the speech: “Maybe he learned something about what it looks like to meet people who are hurting.”

Psaki has had to avoid the stumbling block of Republican criticism in the face of Kamala Harris’s comparison of the assault on the Capitol with Pearl Harbor and 9/11: “If we look back at some very difficult times in our history, back in 1861, there were no Confederate flags on Capitol Hill.. In very dark moments in our history, there were no people storming our nation’s Capitol, “he said.

Likewise, he has also stressed that “instead of focusing or analyzing comparisons of moments in history” he suggests that those who criticize “are part of the solution to the threats to democracy”, since they are using these statements as an excuse “not to be part of it. ”

On the Republicans who have not condemned the assault on the Capitol, Psaki has been clear: “When your children and grandchildren look at the history books … Do they want to perpetuate the ‘Big Lie’? Do you want to walk like silent rodents after the former president, who fomented an insurrection? Or do they want to be part of those who saved our democracy? “, He explained.

Psaki has said that some comments from Republicans are desperate: “We don’t talk much about diversionary attempts by some Republicans in Congress.”

Regarding her position on the work of the Department of Justice, the White House spokeswoman has assured that Biden has not made judgments about the direction or the measures that the attorney general should take.

“The president wants the Department of Justice and the attorney general to act independently, as requested when he accepted the position and as the president expects and demands from any selected attorney general,” he has settled.