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Lacson says 'lesson learned' from Capitol Hill riot: 'Do not vote for insanity'

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Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/12/11/20201103-lacson-ping-prib.jpg"/><figcaption>Panfilo Lacson presides over a Senate hearing on the red tagging of certain celebrities, personalities, institutions, and organizations. <em>Joseph Vidal, Senate PRIB/File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Thursday said the riot that rattled the US Capitol Hill hours before Congress confirmed the victory of incoming President Joe Biden should serve as a lesson to avoid voting &quot;for insanity.&quot;</p><p>Throngs of Donald Trump&#x27;s supporters stormed the legislative building in US capital Washington D.C. after the outgoing US president posted several statements on social media encouraging the public to protest his election loss.</p><p>&quot;The irony of all ironies is now unfolding in the premises of the US capitol building where democracy is put to shame in the world’s greatest democracy,&quot; Lacson said in a tweet at the height of the riots in the US Capitol Thursday morning in Manila.</p><p>&quot;Lesson learned from the mob attack on the US Capitol Hill: DO NOT VOTE FOR INSANITY,&quot; he said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/01/07/21/world-stunned-by-violence-in-us-capitol-attempts-to-overturn-election">World stunned by violence in US Capitol, attempts to overturn election</a></li></ul><p>Social media giants Facebook, Instagram and Twitter disabled Trumps accounts and deleted his posts that urged the public to take action before Congress confirms Biden as the new US President.</p><p>Four people were killed and over 50 were arrested over the Capitol siege. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/01/07/21/4-deaths-52-arrests-made-after-trump-supporters-storm-us-capitol">4 deaths, 52 arrests made after Trump supporters storm US Capitol</a></li></ul><p>By 4:30 p.m. Manila time, the U.S Congress confirmed Biden as the United States&#x27; 46th president.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oZ9Ytl3Ko40?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Thursday said the riot that rattled the US Capitol Hill hours before Congress confirmed the victory of incoming Preside Joe Biden should be a lesson to avoid voting "for insanity."</p>

Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Thursday said the riot that rattled the US Capitol Hill hours before Congress confirmed the victory of incoming Preside Joe Biden should be a lesson to avoid voting "for insanity."

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Lacson says 'lesson learned' from Capitol Hill riot: 'Do not vote for insanity'

Katrina Domingo,

ABS-CBN News

Published Jan 07, 2021 05:26 PM PHT

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