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.
people now coming back in the front capitol door
If the cops are that stupid, then this takes this whole thing to a whole new level of spicy.
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An Appeal to Heaven
1776.1
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I work with teachers...educators...who make all kinds of excuses for Antifa.
These are people with degrees and decent paying jobs. Maybe all the people you know care about the vandalism, but I can tell you from conversations with plenty of people here in the suburbs of Atlanta, only about half cares.
The half that cares voted for Loeffler and Perdue. The other half voted for Warnock and Ossoff.
If you think most people care enough about Antifa to punish Dems at the polls, I hope recent election results will sway you to the contrary.
One final thought, in 1776 most Bostonians were “thugs and vandals” to the English.
imho, a few shots from the police, and the capitol building is history...
The rhetoric on Fox is starting to really piss me off.
They are spinning this as some sort of major near-riot by Trump supporters and using totally over the top language about how out of control everything is.
Every video, photo, etc I’ve seen show a bunch of “deplorables” waving flags, taking pictures and generally not doing anything “violent” or lawless.
I did hear a rumor someone was shot but not sure that’s confirmed.
The ONLY people I’ve seen with guns are Congressional Reps, not Trump supporters.
And Fox wonders why their ratings have dropped 60+% across the board.
Super arrogance speak all over the Networks
“Their” Capitol
“Their” Buildings
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WHO is being arrogant.
Wake up, Jim. You have traitors right here on your site. Threads like this bring out the left sleeper trolls.
they’re going to have to shut down the cell phones to stop this.
Network commentators robot brains isolated.
Why are you watching Fox?
[[Neither was the Boston Tea Party,]]
exactly, and not to mention, the violence by the left ‘mob’ has scared the crap out of the SC so that they won’t even recognize any evidence of fraud in the elections by our side- And Scared the crap out of the police force, so that the mob can do whatever it likes, while police just stand by and make sure the mob is protected.
A ‘mob’ of antifa and blm have forever changed, via violence and threats of violence, how this country conducts business and law now-
Small ‘mobs’ have huge impacts it would seem-
Just heard on this WUSA9.com live feed that shots fired inside the capital building have been confirmed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzGDjf4dWoE
Its Antifa inside the building fighting with Capitol Police. Those are not Trumpers.
They’ve already stolen our country and free elections, and regularly call us all Nazis. You’re worried about them call us more names?
Seems to have worked just fine for the left and prevented SC from even reviewing the stolen election. Our country is so deep in corruption that laws no longer apply in case you haven’t noticed.
why not just sit down and refuse to move, non violent protests a la gandhi and martin luther king
FOX - “This is so un-American!”
No, FOX, stealing elections is so un-American.
The rhetoric on Fox is starting to really piss me off.
They are spinning this as some sort of major near-riot by Trump supporters and using totally over the top language about how out of control everything is.
Every video, photo, etc I’ve seen show a bunch of “deplorables” waving flags, taking pictures and generally not doing anything “violent” or lawless.
I did hear a rumor someone was shot but not sure that’s confirmed.
The ONLY people I’ve seen with guns are Congressional Reps, not Trump supporters.
And Fox wonders why their ratings have dropped 60+% across the board.
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exactly
Who said that?
Im only watching FoxNews right now to see how Disgusting they can be.. They put MSNBC to shame.
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