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.
forcing people out of the senate chambers?
rotunda still occupied?
Looks peaceful to me too! Nobody hanging from lamppost yet. No shots fired. No Molotov yet. No bricks. No looting!
Pure idiocy and emotionalism. Antifa pretty much runs things and the media will make us look like petulant children lead by Trump. Our side could easily hamstring the left by guerilla tactics and insurgency but what we are seeing right now is useless.
Probably wishful thinking.
Probably wishful thinking.
They looked like young ATIFA maggots dressed in MAGA garb...
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
Please support our Capitol Police and Law Enforcement. They are truly on the side of our Country. Stay peaceful!
2:38 PM · Jan 6, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
Works for me.
This IL Rep slandering President all over.eh
I’m flipping channels and it looks peaceful to me.
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It’s IS peaceful.
Guy streaming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_N2ezvK-Ng says he DEFINATELY HAS IDENTIFIED ANTIFA IN THE CROWD.
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update, national guard request to DOD still under review acc. to someone allegedly reporting from Dept. of the Army
weird- trump supporters get riled, and the place gets evacuated- blm and antif get uppitty, and hte police back off and them them take over city blocks and buildings, while armed to the teeth
Too bad FoxNews couldn’t get this HYSTERICAL about Real Violence from the Radical Left!! Griff wouldn’t even allow one of the Trump supporters he was interviewing to finish after he said “ we didn’t break in.. the Capital is OUR house”
I knew PENCE WAS A COWARD!! As I said days ago.. I Never Trusted McCarthy either!!
PEOPLE WERE NOT HURT.. NOT BY TRUMP SUPPORTERS AT LEAST.
On the following YouTube live feed, there are reports of a female being shot in the neck while breeching the capital. Not known if she’s still alive or not.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzGDjf4dWoE
If you’re going to let one side loot, burn and pillage you can’t tell the other side we are calling in the national guard to beat you down. Either the 1st Amendment applies to all of none. I don’t condone violence but at some point it will be inevitable if the left and deep state continue on their course they have chosen. You can only push people so far before you get a push back.
This is the left and the deep state trying to demonize 75 million Americans and cow us into not protesting or speaking up against their power. God how I despise the deep state bastards of this country, they are the epitome of evil.
They have patriots sitting in Pelosi’s chair...Wow..
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Anybody have an axe, maybe we should use it and start handing out souvenirs.
capitol police officers with guns drawn preventing protesters from going upstairs
some protestors now locked in the capitol building
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