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.
How do we prove the violent protesters are most certainly Antifa infiltrators ?
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NOBODY has been violent, well except entering the building if you see that as a form of aggression.
no offices destroyed no fires or bricks.
He's a candyass.
It is today.
Networks now desperate to paint this as a “coupe”
Fine with us
Protesters on Senate floor.
Guy streaming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_N2ezvK-Ng says he DEFINATELY HAS IDENTIFIED ANTIFA IN THE CROWD.
Call and response, whose house? Our house!
Sounds like antifa to me.
i don’t think i have ever seen the capitol building stormed before... any precedent?
Amen
are people going in or out of the front door now?
100% true, kinda looking forward to it.
Time to clear the decks.
British stormed it and burned it in 1812.
God bless them.
Super arrogance speak all over the Networks
“Their” Capitol
“Their” Buildings
Burn a private business down and you’re a hero of the left.
Storm the people’s Capital building over a fraudulent election and you’re a terrorist.
NOBODY IS DESTROYING ANYTHING THEY ARE OCCUPYING THE CAPITAL..sort of like the media’s fawning love of all things left that OCCUPIED entire city blocks....for WEEKS.
However now we’ll get a WACO like response since it’s conservatives.
something apparently breaking out at the rotunda doors
Nah...we’re just an Idea®
One man’s patriot is another man’s terrorist................
The British stormed the capitol during the War of 1812 and burned it down.
If law enforcement starts shooting, it’s gonna spiral out of control....moreso than what you’re seeing now.
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