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.
They’re paid off. But America, we let it happen. For 30 years we’ve let ourselves partner with a totalitarian state that probably even surpasses the Nazis and the Soviets in sheer brutality.
National Guard is being deployed.
Yep, shows you how far these isolated Swamp CREATURES minds are gone.
Well, other than the “that is made up stuff that did not actually happen?”
It’s hard to “explain” fantasy.
But our education system has failed so badly that half the people believe whatever they are told if it advances the causes they support.
I used to think that was just a democrat thing, but this last couple of months has shown that people on the right can be just as mindless.
MAUA - Make America Ungovernable Again
They have been the instigators of all of this ever since day one when Trump got elected! They need to be held accountable. They are the Spawns of Satan and have destroyed our nation with their continual hatred towards the conservatives. We need to tag them individually one by one. Wherever they go they need to be tagged!
explain yourself
like I said threads like this bring out the RINOS and the dem sleeper trolls
Well, they are physically attacking police officers, breaking windows, and breaking into the capital.
Which, at the moment because of Trump executive orders, are federal crimes punishable by 10 years in prison.
I do hope that my fellow freepers don’t end up doing hard time for this stuff.
lol oh you sound so worried.
go back to bed grandpa
they want us all to take their crap and cheating and we do nothing. I heard one republican state they have to win in 2 years to get the house back. Are these people that dumb to not understand there is no fair elections now they have total control
Will they take a knee in front of the patriots Like they did for antifa.. Or will they beat the hell out of them? I say the latter.
President somehow now needs to get out the word “all in” now.
70 million. Ready.
Can anyone tell how many people are attending this protest? Pictures make it look like a fairly small group?
Look at this thread you have a few posters who think this is just awful and we must follow the systems rules to change thing
Same R mentality that has us fighting to remain a western culture country
Well of course teachers make excuses for Antifa. They’re mostly leftists. That’s the real problem, and one that won’t be fixed by conservatives acting like idiots.
“About half cares” is far from “no one cares,” which is what you originally claimed. I think it’s more than half. Maybe it’s because I live in Texas, even if it’s Houston. But we didn’t have many riots here because even the Democrat-run police cracked down on antifa and BLM pretty effectively from the beginning.
I think Dems were punished at the polls. They lost a lot of elections around the country and Trump’s election was much closer than it could have been given the 4+ years of continuous propaganda against him and some of his own unforced errors. We were poised to win yesterday’s elections before the stimulus fiasco (for which Trump and McConnel both share blame) and over a month of idiots like Lin Wood telling Republicans not to vote.
1776 Bostonians weren’t thugs and vandals. The people barging into the Capitol are behaving like them.
What a joke. As far as I can tell, the media aren't aware yet that an innocent young woman Trump protester was (apparently) shot and killed by one of the Capitol Police.
the entire protest in DC? there are tens of thousands. the Capital stormers? idk
They will simply bear false witness so that 100% of the time they oppose Trump and conservatives. Simple, yet mindless. And evil.
What a joke. As far as I can tell, the media aren’t aware yet that an innocent young woman Trump protester was (apparently) shot and killed by one of the Capitol Police.
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They don’t GAF they’ve been calling for violence against Trump supporters for the last five years!!
1776 Bostonians weren’t thugs and vandals.
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I’m sure people getting tarred and feathered or having their commodities dumped into the Atlantic Ocean might disagree with you about that.
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