They have capital police in the chamber.
There was a rumor of a pipe bomb.
So terrorists have stormed the Capitol Building, forcing the evacuation of Senators who were in session.
Every single one of these goons should be arrested, charged, tried and serve 20 years in prison. EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.
And their leader who encouraged/instructed them to do this criminal act should be the first to go down.
Protesters have breached the Capitol. They’re outside the Senate chamber
They’re also just attention whores, like Trump himself.
It’s chaos right now, no one is sure what’s going on. Looks like they spirited Pence away swiftly then what they are speculating are SS agents flooded the room, at one point a uniformed officer looked to be barring the doors.
News agencies aren’t sure what feed to show; I’m going channel to channel.
Police have lost control of key barricade, crowd have pushed all the way up the steps to the doors.
The house side has left the chamber as well. People are holding tight.
Can someone explain why these people aren’t being arrested at gunpoint – or, if resisting, shot down like dogs?
Interesting strategy by Trump. If all the congresscritters are being lynched, there will have to be new elections, surely.
Because they are white Republicans.
The members of the house and senate are being told to shelter in place. This is getting way out of hand. I never thought I would see this.
Yep, this is all trump. He better enjoy his last fleeting gasp of power to stir shit up while he can, before he sinks into indictments and obscurity.
McConnell is surrendering as I type this. Looks like he’s crying too.
This is what happens when you let go of the tiger’s tail.
Explain “surrendering.”
I agree it is baffling.
These are Trumplican Terrorists. They need to be dealt with swiftly and harshly. I’m surprised that there was not a LOT more security at the Capitol Building as they must have known that this was a possibility.
I note that Trump whipped up the crowd, encouraged them to storm the Capitol Building, told them he would go with them and then slunk away like a coward.
At this point, Trump needs to be arrested.
OK, so what is the count right now?
Can’t they just count to 270, then all Congressmen run and hide and call it a day? The rest of Biden’s EVs would be superfluous.
They only made it through Alaska.
Maybe they should have done the count on Zoom.
Ouch.