Some tried to scale the construction structures and have been tackled by police. Protesters are charging toward the Captiol steps.
They are reportedly attempting to climb structures outside the building and being held back from going further by police. Hundreds of Trump supporters have stormed the barricades at the back of the Capitol and are marching toward the building. Video posted by a Washington Post reporter showed protesters moving past barricades and toward the Capitol. In an alert sent to Hill staffers, police ordered occupants of the Madison building to “move in a safe manner to the exits” and “close doors behind you but do not lock.”Ĭapitol police also told those in the Cannon House building to “take visitors, escape hoods, and Go Kits” and report to a tunnel connected to a nearby building.Ī Capitol Police officer told a reporter, “If you want to go between the buildings, use the tunnels.”Īsked how long the lock-down might last, the officer said it will depend on the behavior of the protestors.Ĭannon House office building - which is massive - is also being evacuated, per multiple sources.Ĭapitol police just went door by door, running down hallways. Capitol Police on Wednesday locked down the Capitol building and evacuated multiple congressional buildings amid increasingly violent protests outside.īuildings being evacuated included the Library of Congress’s Madison Building across from the Capitol as well as the Cannon House office building. “We are here to make sure that what happened in the presidential election doesn’t happen in Georgia, too.The U.S. “I’m from Georgia, and they stole our two Senate seats,” said Sheffield, who rolled into the city near 6 a.m. “From the wicked,” she said, those who want a socialist nation and those that sold the US to China - “D and R alike.” When asked who she and other protesters were taking the country back from, Sheffield fought back tears as answered. Decked out in Trump buttons and holding Trump flags attached to a fishing pole, she said she was in Washington “to take our country back.”
Many, like Jan Sheffield, 55, a stay-at-home mom from Georgia, arrived on buses after riding through the night. One man simply shouted conspiracy theories as he made his way to the rally, calling Chief Justice Roberts “a pedophile” and “a wolf in sheep’s clothing.” He said he knew it was stolen because “you never see this kind of love pouring out for a president as you do for President Trump.”įly-by-night preachers preached from megaphones and portable, makeshift sound systems - speakers tethered to rolling carts and handi-movers - against socialism, communism and abortion, calling for people to support Trump and Jesus Christ. “We don’t want to lose our country,” said John Waynesboro, 50, a mill operator from Pennsylvania who walked near with friends from Pennsylvania and waved a bright yellow, “Don’t Tread on me” flag. Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said National Guard troops would be deployed to quell the violence. He did not ask supporters to leave the building. President Trump, who just hours earlier addressed his supporters and claimed again the election had been stolen from him, said in a pair of tweets his supporters should “support our Capitol police” though few appeared to be heeding his remarks.
Photos from the scene showed supporters had breached the Senate chamber, and at least one reached the dais where he shouted, “Trump won that election.” Armed guards drew guns on some who arrived at the door of the House floor. Some members of Congress inside House chamber were told by police to put on gas masks after tear gas was dispersed in Capitol Rotunda after supporters breached the building. Speaking from Delaware, Biden said he was “genuinely shocked and saddened” that the US had “come to such a dark moment.” Capitol and Capitol Grounds immediately,” the lawmakers wrote. “We are calling on President Trump to demand that all protestors leave the U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued a statement demanding Trump tell his supporters to leave. President-elect Joe Biden denounced the pro-Trump mob that stormed the Capitol as Congress convened to confirm his Electoral College victory.Ī person was shot and in unknown condition.
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