The Hill reports:

Republican Sen. Ben Sasse (Neb.) blamed President Trump for the riots and violence at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, saying the president “cowered behind his keyboard.”

“Today, the United States Capitol — the world’s greatest symbol of self-government — was ransacked while the leader of the free world cowered behind his keyboard — tweeting against his Vice President for fulfilling the duties of his oath to the Constitution,” Sasse, who has been a critic of Trump’s in the past, said in a statement.

“Lies have consequences. This violence was the inevitable and ugly outcome of the President’s addiction to constantly stoking division,” he continued. [Continue reading…]

The Hill reports:

Rep. Liz Cheney (Wyo.), the No. 3 House Republican, tore into President Trump over his response to Wednesday riots in and around the Capitol that delayed Congress’s certification of the Electoral College results.

Cheney, who has frequently clashed with the president throughout his administration, said Trump is to blame for the mob due to his unsubstantiated claims of a “rigged” election, and she panned his response to the violence as “completely inadequate.”

“What he has done and what he has caused here is something that we’ve never seen before in our history. It’s been 245 years, and no president has ever failed to concede or agree to leave office after the Electoral College has voted, and I think what we are seeing today is the result of that, the result of convincing people that somehow Congress was going to overturn the results of this election, the results of suggesting that he wouldn’t leave office,” she said on NBC News.

“Those are very, very dangerous things, and he will be remembered, this will be part of his legacy, and it is a dangerous moment for the country,” she said. [Continue reading…]