House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, both Democrats, issued a brief statement on Wednesday requesting that President Trump step in to convince the protesters who violently breached the Capitol to leave the building and the campus.

“We are calling on President Trump to demand that all protesters leave the U.S. Capitol and Capitol Grounds immediately,” said Pelosi, of California, and Schumer, of New York.

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