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.
Vive le America
Good, there scared.
They’re scared!!! Good I hope so.. They better listen to the people.. Maybe now they will.
God loving Patriots have reached a boiling point.
inside the senate chamber now?
Tiennaman Square.
And the Swamp is blind
Bkmk
shots fired in the capital?
This is what Freedom looks like.
Looked like they had a few stooges standing behind the door in the Chambers with guns drawn, and they were literally protecting an empty room, ready to shoot people, as they’d already evacuated the chicken sh*t corrupt politicians.
Me either.
The left want to vote and lie and cheat us into a totalitarian state. They can’t be reasoned with anymore. They think they are going to bring in their utopia dictatorship.
Tiennaman Square. Kent State?
Another thing about PBs.....most people don’t realize each chapter has a lot of autonomy, as long as they agree and abide by the By-laws.
Call in the social workers.
Nope
Those are real Americans .. they look like my neighbors out here in the country.
Those were mostly pieceful.
Get the effin reporters!!!!!! GET’EM!!
“Brett Baier blaming Trump.”
I guess he’s aiming for a 95% reduction in his viewership, instead of just 55%?
I’m experiencing cognitive dissonance. Those men look like Antifa, but they aren’t wrecking anything.
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