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Locsin says US can weather 'civil disturbance' as chaos erupts at Capitol

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Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/overseas/01/07/6.jpg"/><figcaption>A protester is treated after getting pepper sprayed during clashes with Capitol police at a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. <em>Shannon Stapleton, Reuters</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA – The United States &quot;can cope with a civil disturbance,&quot; according to Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Thursday, pertaining to violent protesters who stormed the US Capitol in an attempt to overturn the November presidential election results.</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>The chaos on Wednesday in the US unfolded after President Donald Trump spent weeks whipping up his supporters with false allegations of fraud in the Nov. 3 election, culminating in a call to march to the building that represents US democracy.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/01/07/21/trump-summoned-supporters-to-wild-protest-and-told-them-to-fight-they-did">Trump summoned supporters to &#x27;wild&#x27; protest, and told them to fight. They did.</a></li></ul><p>In a tweet reacting to the news, Locsin refuted claims that US &quot;is done for&quot; and said its democracy will &quot;come out the winner.&quot;</p><p>&quot;I hope the enemies of liberty among mock world powers don&#x27;t believe and won&#x27;t peddle the line that the US is done for; US democracy is strong to the bone and American power can cope with a civil disturbance and fight wars on 3 fronts if it wants to—and come out the winner,&quot; Locsin said.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">I hope the enemies of liberty among mock world powers don&#x27;t believe and won&#x27;t peddle the line that the US is done for; US democracy is strong to the bone and American power can cope with a civil disturbance and fight wars on 3 fronts if it wants to—and come out the winner. <a href="https://t.co/gmrRRW6tvl">https://t.co/gmrRRW6tvl</a></p>— Teddy Locsin Jr. (@teddyboylocsin) <a href="https://twitter.com/teddyboylocsin/status/1346917741584781317?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 6, 2021</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>&quot;America is strong and this will show it,&quot; he added.</p><p>On a netizen&#x27;s suggestion that the United Nations convene an &quot;emergency meeting&quot; to address the chaos, Locsin said the US &quot;can handle this.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Kidding? US can handle this &amp; more—sad as it is to see—and still emerge world&#x27;s leading power,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;This is not a nightmare of democracy but a fever. It would be a nightmare of authoritarianism which is mortally wounded by such upheavals. Saw this before. Democracy is elastic steel.&quot;</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Kidding? US can handle this &amp; more—sad as it is to see—and still emerge world&#x27;s leading power. This is not a nightmare of democracy but a fever. It would be a nightmare of authoritarianism which is mortally wounded by such upheavals. Saw this before. Democracy is elastic steel. <a href="https://t.co/rMc86aIOb1">https://t.co/rMc86aIOb1</a></p>— Teddy Locsin Jr. (@teddyboylocsin) <a href="https://twitter.com/teddyboylocsin/status/1346920987523125248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 6, 2021</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Locsin said the riot was a &quot;parody&quot; of the 1986 Philippine people power revolution that toppled the Marcos dictatorship peacefully.</p><p>&quot;A correct magnificent analogy is People Power taking the Palace by peaceful people power marches &amp; assemblies culminating in the epic face off between tanks and unarmed protestors ending in their union which toppled a dying regime. Our Finest Hour. Yesterday parodied that,&quot; he said.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">A correct magnificent analogy is People Power taking the Palace by peaceful people power marches &amp; assemblies culminating in the epic face off between tanks and unarmed protestors ending in their union which toppled a dying regime. Our Finest Hour. Yesterday parodied that. <a href="https://t.co/ElU8xZXK56">https://t.co/ElU8xZXK56</a></p>— Teddy Locsin Jr. (@teddyboylocsin) <a href="https://twitter.com/teddyboylocsin/status/1346993888582541313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 7, 2021</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>&quot;The only way to pull off the same historic victory is without arms, without hate, above all without fear—made possible by being led by a woman in yellow who couldn&#x27;t flinch in the face of danger and we all knew that of her. Democracy is a spirit stronger than force,&quot; he added.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The only way to pull off the same historic victory is without arms, without hate, above all without fear—made possible by being led by a woman in yellow who couldn&#x27;t flinch in the face of danger and we all knew that of her. Democracy is a spirit stronger than force. <a href="https://t.co/pau7NShpfS">https://t.co/pau7NShpfS</a></p>— Teddy Locsin Jr. (@teddyboylocsin) <a href="https://twitter.com/teddyboylocsin/status/1346995741886013442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 7, 2021</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Locsin lauded US Vice President Mike Pence’s rebuke of violence.</p><p>&quot;This will be this man&#x27;s and American democracy&#x27;s finest hour. He stepped out of power to stand by American democracy, irreplaceable; with all its flaws the best form of government including the quavering silence of autocracies. Not fascism but misguided,&quot; Locsin said.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">This will be this man&#x27;s and American democracy&#x27;s finest hour. He stepped out of power to stand by American democracy, irreplaceable; with all its flaws the best form of government including the quavering silence of autocracies. Not fascism but misguided. <a href="https://t.co/3Qx97kUno7">https://t.co/3Qx97kUno7</a></p>— Teddy Locsin Jr. (@teddyboylocsin) <a href="https://twitter.com/teddyboylocsin/status/1346996397933907968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 7, 2021</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Four people died on the US Capitol grounds and 52 people have been arrested, Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert J. Contee said.</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><div><strong>– With reports from Reuters</strong></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xeDIDJymV0U?enablejsapi=1"></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>Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said the riot at the US Capitol was a "parody" of the 1986 Philippine people power revolution that toppled the Marcos dictatorship peacefully.</p>

Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said the riot at the US Capitol was a "parody" of the 1986 Philippine people power revolution that toppled the Marcos dictatorship peacefully.

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Locsin says US can weather 'civil disturbance' as chaos erupts at Capitol

Willard Cheng,

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Published January 07, 2021 04:54 PM PHT

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