After the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by armed Trump supporters intent on stopping the certification of the 2020 election results, the National Association of Manufacturers took a stance on the matter.
Jay Timmons, president of the trade group, called the attack an act of sedition and said it should be treated as such.
He called on Vice President Mike Pence to "seriously consider" working with the Cabinet to invoke the 25th amendment and remove President Trump from office for his role in inciting the mob.
"Armed, violent protesters who support the baseless claim by outgoing President Trump that he somehow won an election that he overwhelmingly lost have stormed the U.S. Capitol today, attacking police officers and first responders, because Trump refused to accept defeat in a free and fair election," Timmons said.
"Throughout this whole disgusting episode, Trump has been cheered on by members of his own party, adding fuel to the distrust that has inflamed violent anger. This is not law and order. This is chaos. It is mob rule. It is dangerous. …
"This is not the vision of America that manufacturers believe in and work so hard to defend," he added.