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FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2021, file photo, Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., joined by his wife Cindy Daines, raises his hand to take the oath of office from Vice President Mike Pence during a reenactment ceremony in the Old Senate Chamber at the Capitol in Washington. After months of tacitly or directly supporting President Donald Trump's denial of the results of the 2020 election, top Montana Republicans denounced the violence that took over the nation's Capitol and delayed Congress' certification of the presidential election for Joe Biden. But one of them doubled down. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool, File)

FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2021, file photo, Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., joined by his wife Cindy Daines, raises his hand to take the oath of office from Vice President Mike Pence during a reenactment ceremony in the Old Senate Chamber at the Capitol in Washington. After months of tacitly or directly supporting President Donald Trump's denial of the results of the 2020 election, top Montana Republicans denounced the violence that took over the nation's Capitol and delayed Congre…

January 8, 2021

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Daines says he still backs Trump, rejects calls for ouster
January 8, 2021 4 p.m.

Daines says he still backs Trump, rejects calls for ouster

BILLINGS (AP) — Republican Sen. Steve Daines of Montana on Friday rejected calls for President Donald Trump to resign and said he continues to support the embattled president in the wake of the attack on the U.S. Capitol by Trump loyalists.