ANDREW Neil has come under fire for "diminishing the seriousness" of the scenes at the US Capitol buildings last night.

The broadcaster linked a video of Donald Trump fans storming the buildings and said it was like a St Mirren game.

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One protester was shot dead by police, while three others died of “medical emergencies”. Some 52 people were arrested, most of them for breaking the 6pm curfew put in place during the chaos by the Washington mayor.

Neil tweeted: "I’ve seen more people at a St Mirren game."

Twitter users hit out at Neil's comment, with many saying the tweet would age badly. Here are the best responses:

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Immediately ahead of the violence yesterday Trump told thousands of his supporters gathered in Washington DC that "we will never concede" the presidential election.

But this morning the president’s deputy chief of staff for communications tweeted a message from Trump which said he “totally disagrees” with the election result but conceded that there would be a smooth transfer to a Biden administration.

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Quoting Trump, White House adviser Dan Scavino tweeted: “Even though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless there will be an orderly transition on January 20th.

“I have always said we would continue our fight to ensure that only legal votes were counted.

“While this represents the end of the greatest first term in presidential history, it’s only the beginning of our fight to Make America Great Again!”

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This morning First Minister Nicola Sturgeon condemned the violence, saying we witnessed Trump  “inciting insurrection” in the United States.

She told Good Morning Britain: "In some senses Donald Trump’s presidency has been moving towards this moment almost since the moment it started. But that doesn’t make it any less shocking.

"What we witnessed weren’t just scenes of horrible breaches of law and order, of people taking over the seat of democracy, we actually witnessed the president of the Untied States inciting insurrection in his own country.”