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BREAKING: Hundreds of Trump supporters breach barricades, fight with police outside US Capitol ... Area has been evacuated
https://www.theblaze.com ^ | January 06, 2021 | Staff

Posted on 01/06/2021 11:29:18 AM PST by Red Badger

Hundreds of Trump supporters breached security barricades and stormed up to the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., as both chambers of Congress convened to affirm the Electoral College votes cast in the 2020 election Wednesday afternoon.

Thousands had traveled from out of state to gather in Washington in protest of the election, which President Trump and his allies have maintained was fraudulent.

Things appeared to carry on peacefully earlier in the day, but as the joint session of Congress kicked off in the early afternoon, a large group of individuals appeared to storm through outer barricades surrounding the Capitol building, where lawmakers deliberated inside.

Video posted to Twitter by Washington Post reporter Rebecca Tan showed Trump supporters approaching the rear of the building.

Hundreds of Trump supporters have stormed the barricades at the back of the Capitol and are marching toward the bui… https://t.co/3VEdyaOR4r — Rebecca Tan (@Rebecca Tan)1609956048.0

Then, BlazeTV reporter Elijah Schaeffer posted video as the group reached the outside of the building and were confronted by police.

"Trump supporters have breached the Capitol building, tearing down 4 layers of security fencing and are attempting to occupy the building — fighting federal police who are overrun," he tweeted. "This is the craziest thing I've ever seen in my life. Thousands, police can't stop them."

(Content Warning: Video contains vulgar language)

BREAKING: Trump supporters have breached the Capitol building, tearing down 4 layers of security fencing and are at… https://t.co/ldYHmHplxV — ELIJAH SCHAFFER (@ELIJAH SCHAFFER)1609956659.0

More video from the scene posted on social media showed a large group of individuals continuing to wrestle with law enforcement outside the U.S. Capitol.

Trump supporters got into fights with the Capitol Police after they tried to enter the Capitol Building. https://t.co/ZQjn3fOVtL — Julio Rosas (@Julio Rosas)1609959009.0

Politico's Melanie Zanona reported that the Madison building on Capitol Hill was evacuated as a result of the increasingly hostile protests.

DEVELOPING: The Madison building on Capitol Hill is being evacuated, sources tell me & @sarahnferris — Melanie Zanona (@Melanie Zanona)1609956961.0

It is unclear at this point whether the storming of the Capitol was a coordinated or impromptu event. Interestingly, a paper notice found in the National Mall indicated that "a national militia" was being organized to "defend the Constitution and the Republic." However, there is no evidence connecting the movement from the crowd with the notice.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.


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To: Red Badger
. . . which President Trump and his allies have maintained was fraudulent.

Has anyone offered a better explanation for massive early morning ballot dumps and roughly 13 million more counted votes than registered voters in the areas involved?

If so, then I have yet to hear it. And with the state run media (including Faux) censoring ANY discussion, it looks mighty damn suspicious.

"Show us the proof", they bellow. Then they refuse to examine it.

101 posted on 01/06/2021 11:47:00 AM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

I think Biden said Antifa is just “an idea.”

A lot of people have been hurt last year and many people had their business destroyed by Biden’s “idea.”


102 posted on 01/06/2021 11:47:06 AM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (Donald J. Trump.....one of the BEST presidents in American history!)
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To: Salvavida

I’ve never seen a Guy Fawkes mask on a patriot. This crowd is suspect.


103 posted on 01/06/2021 11:47:24 AM PST by lodi90
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To: Red Badger

If it was possible, the next wave of protestors should be warming up their cars right now and heading to DC....


104 posted on 01/06/2021 11:47:43 AM PST by hecticskeptic
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To: Williams

AT this point who care who gets the blame, the left and the media have pushed and pushed, this type of thing was bound to happen.


105 posted on 01/06/2021 11:47:45 AM PST by srmanuel (It)
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To: Grampa Dave

What is the relevance of “white cops”?


106 posted on 01/06/2021 11:47:58 AM PST by Magic Fingers (Political correctness mutates in order to remain virulent.)
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To: Red Badger
I went online and officially withdrew from the Republican party for the first time in my life .

I am now officially an activist and have zero faith in ANY state or US Government.

The tree is thirsty and I would rather rather die than live under socialist tyranny

107 posted on 01/06/2021 11:48:02 AM PST by KTM rider (No enforcement of election laws is an attractive nuisance for communists)
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To: wildcard_redneck

Reap the whirlwind


108 posted on 01/06/2021 11:48:11 AM PST by circlecity
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To: lodi90

Tear gas and reports of shots fired on C-span.


109 posted on 01/06/2021 11:48:32 AM PST by pilgrim
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To: srmanuel

it was “brave” during the summer protests..now its so terrible?...this is payback for the last 4 years...


110 posted on 01/06/2021 11:48:51 AM PST by basalt
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To: Sacajaweau

I’m with you on that.


111 posted on 01/06/2021 11:49:09 AM PST by Exit148
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To: mewzilla

This is not a “monumental embarrassment” but a free people fighting against a stolen election and for the right to govern themselves and to keep their freedoms. It was limp-writer pukes like you who bitched about the Boston Tea Party in 1773.


112 posted on 01/06/2021 11:49:14 AM PST by wildcard_redneck (COVID lockdowns is are the Establishment's attack on the middle class and our Republic)
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To: analytical thinker

“ Do you really think these are Trump supporters? “

yes


113 posted on 01/06/2021 11:49:17 AM PST by Reynoldo (BurnLootMurder)
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To: mewzilla

Gas masks, tear gas has been deployed


114 posted on 01/06/2021 11:49:35 AM PST by srmanuel (It)
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To: All

can we get up to the moment updates please?


115 posted on 01/06/2021 11:50:10 AM PST by SteveH
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To: Red Badger

GOOD!

The elites think they’re dictators.


116 posted on 01/06/2021 11:50:18 AM PST by Faith Presses On (Willing to die for Christ, if it's His will--politics should prepare people for the Gospel)
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To: rarestia

Much more action needed to induce fear of God among the DC swamp politicians. If I was not almost 81 age, I would have been there with the patriots.


117 posted on 01/06/2021 11:50:29 AM PST by entropy12 (It is NOT WHO VOTES, it is who COUNTS THE VOTES, become the rulers.)
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To: dynachrome

That’s it, the crackdown against trump supporters and “conservatives “ is going to show up pretty quick I think, everyone has to be prepared to resist it and deal with the consequences.


118 posted on 01/06/2021 11:50:31 AM PST by TexasM1A
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To: KTM rider

God Bless you!


119 posted on 01/06/2021 11:50:38 AM PST by miliantnutcase
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To: FreeReign

Yes


120 posted on 01/06/2021 11:50:42 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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