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Bullock, Kepple, Li_ttE%ll, Neff, o° Malley` Rader`. Sh.Hc1h1')J r RESOLUTION NO. 2021-07 BY: A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it receives the vote of at least two thirds of the members of Council, or otherwise to take effect at the earliest period allowed by law, condemning the violent and unlawful behavior of rioters at the United States Capitol on January 6th, 2021 ; and urging local, state and federal entities to prosecute to the fullest extent of the law and bring to justice to those who incited, planned, organized, and conducted the Capitol rioting; and rebuking those elected officials who incited and misled the public with false claims of election fraud or seditious attempts to usurp the will of the voters; and calling on the United States Senate to convict and disqualify outgoing President Donald J. Trump from holding any office of honor, trust or profit under the United States. WHEREAS, election of government leaders by a vote of the people and the peaceful transfer of power are the foundation of American democracy; and WHEREAS, the rule of law, free speech, and non-violent assembly of the people together with deliberation by the people's elected representatives to Congress in the U.S. Capitol are essential to successful conduct of American democracy and to liberty and the pursuit of happiness by individuals and the nation, generally; and WHEREAS, on Tuesday, November 3rd, 81,283,485 United States citizens voted for Joseph R. Biden for President, earning him 306 electoral votes to President Trump's 232; and WHEREAS, the joint statement from the United States Elections Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council & The Election Infrastructure Sector Coordinating Executive Committees declared their finding that "The November 3rd election was the most secure in American history"; and WHEREAS, election officials in each state and territory certified the results of the November 2020 Presidential election, and numerous lawsuits, recounts and audits found no evidence of widespread voter fraud; and WHEREAS, President Trump and elected officials in the United States Congress and the Ohio Statehouse who supported him propagated and continue to propagate lies about the security of the election and misled supporters into believing that Congress and Vice President Pence could overturn the will of the people; and WHEREAS, at a rally in Georgia on January 4th, President Trump encouraged supporters to continue to fight the certification of the election saying, " They're not taking this White House we're going to fight like hell, I'll tell you right now... We're going to take it back." WHEREAS, on Wednesday, January 6th, the United States Congress was scheduled to hold a procedural vote to accept the votes of the Electoral College and certify the election; and