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.
LOL!.................... Seems legit.................
FNC has a chyron up: Lawmakers instructed to get escape hoods as protesters enter the Capitol.
WTH are escape hoods?
You do know this demonstration ain’t NOTHING compared to what the liberal left would be doing if Trump was called as the victor, yes??
Some are inside.
Our guys and gals breeched the outer defense of white DC cops.
Now some are at the doors and some are now inside:
Live link below. Turn off the sound as this is wild and crazy.
A flexible type of gas mask with a hard hat.
Aux armes citoyens
Rudyard Kipling: When the Saxon Began to Hate
Aux armes citoyens
2nd Amendment Day perhaps...
Antifa Agents Stupid. If the po po open fire on the “Trump Supporters”, Antifa automatically loses, unless the martyrdom serves a longer-term purpose.
Ridiculous
Theft of an election, should result in a full-fledged civil war.
Those kind of protests should occur in every district in the nation.
We fought a revolution to be free, and we fought a civil war for more freedom, and we fought in two world wars, all for the sake of our freedoms. Theft of an election can result in far worse consequences than fighting in wars. Losing a country is far worse than anything else that can happen to us.
I agree...Antifa fit a profile...16 to 28 years old for the most part and look like bratty kids..That profile certainly don’t fit this crowd.
Does mean the police were thinking of using gas inside the building?
What was the Revolutionary War then? So confusing! I thought a bunch of people (patriots) fought back against Tyranny and won. So you say patriots just don’t do this? Help me out here.
My guys are saying mostly Proud Boys and other Patriot groups. There has been very little ANTIFA/BLM presence—— although they could be intermixed as previous ly announced by the Still Report.
Looking for confirmation.
I think these are ANTIFA thugs posing as Trump supporters
Apparently gas is being used by someone in the Capitol. Maybe pepper spray.
CBS and ABC have live coverage on TV.
They are blaming President Trump for this so-called “violence.”
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