There are protesters in the building itself. They are shutting down all the entrances even to the tunnels.
There are certainly more than enough of them in the halls of the Capitol to beat someone to death if they got a mind to.
They’re also all carrying flags with big poles.
Clearly, the answer here is to send Hawley, Cruz, et al to go calm them down.
Trump is still twitting.
House is back to business.
Right? This is now a violent coup attempt, and he’s the leader. Cuff him.
This would be a fantastic time to call your Senators, especially the Republican ones.
Here’s a list of phone #'s
Holy shit, now they’re in Statuary Hall. This is not going to end well.
And big thick “walkin sticks”
I’m looking forward to CNN’s Dana Bash once again calling this a shitshow, on-air.
Two weeks from now, he can be charged with inciting a riot.
And they’d damn well better do it, too.
Absolutely! Absolutely!
And while Trump could likely mitigate this shit-show with one Tweet, this is the Tweet he chose to Tweet:
Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify. USA demands the truth!
Live C-SPAN feed:
https://www.c-span.org/video/?507745-1/live-statuary-hall-us-capitol
EDIT: It’s stopped now.
I went out just before 1:00 to do some grocery shopping. As I was driving home the calm, impartial CBC Radio News described the Congressional activities as “a circus”. And by the time I got things put away and went to the computer and checked this thread, I found out that I’m apparently living next door to a third-world country.
How the fuck were the Capitol Police not prepared for this?
Well you see, the protestors are white…
Seriously. They should have had more people around the capital.
The house is out of session again.
They were, but were outnumbered. Discretion, valor, etc.
Protestors are inside Statuary Hall, but they look more like tourists: there are only a handful, singly or in twos, and they’re snapping selfies.
Americanistan.