Armed standoff at House Chamber because Trumpists think storming the Capitol will overturn election

Here’s the scary moment when protesters initially got into the building from the first floor and made their way outside Senate chamber. pic.twitter.com/CfVIBsgywK— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) January 6, 2021

Several people got on to a scaffolding outside Senate, took it to second floor, which looked like the area where McConnell’s office is located, and started banging on windows pic.twitter.com/IIZ21nkzFT

sorry people but this is not a coup pic.twitter.com/sVazlDzxR5

I am in the House Chambers. We have been instructed to lie down on the floor and put on our gas masks. Chamber security and Capitol Police have their guns drawn as protesters bang on the front door of the chamber.

This is not a protest. This is an attack on America.

Nearly every denunciation of the violence from the president or his daughter or the president’s lawyer has included language giving members of the rioting mob a permission structure. Ivanka Trump called them “patriots,” Giuliani tells them they’re on the right side of history.

BREAKING: 1 person was shot this afternoon inside the U.S. Capitol building by a member of law enforcement as Trump supporters stormed the building, several law enforcement officials say – @PeteWilliamsNBC https://t.co/fDFoVdRK0C

18 U.S. Code § 2384 – Seditious conspiracy pic.twitter.com/2r12WnDdDd

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 6, 2021

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!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2021

Dr. Frankenstein expresses concerns about his monster https://t.co/c46Z4Cp3Vh

This is what fascist violence looks like. Call it that. No more euphemisms.

And be clear: this is the result of years of far-right disinformation, conspiracies, social media companies’ failures, and outright calls to arms by Trump and his enablers.

When we (Black and Brown people)out numbered the Police they shot rubber bullets, tear gassed, beat, kettled and arrested us through out the summer and still. Let that sit in. #DefendDC pic.twitter.com/dAjOeMoWLV

— Black Lives Matter DC (@DMVBlackLives) January 6, 2021

In 2019, religious-right leaders were among those backing Trump's warning that impeachment would lead to civil war https://t.co/kxCcK2qLeD

This, from @andyharnik: pic.twitter.com/Pvqyh0avzk

None of the Capitol events are at all surprising. Experts warned you repeatedly and the perpetrators announced their plans! So the question you should ask is who allowed it — why the lack of vigilance, why no back-up plans. Because those same people are still enabling it now. https://t.co/LKu3jHXUOD

GOP Senator Josh @HawleyMO greeted & cheered on the violent insurrectionists minutes before they stormed the US Capitol building. https://t.co/kwJj7TQdIM

This @ElijahSchaffer deleted this tweet from 2:44 PM ET, probably because he provided evidence in real time of several charges of sedition 🤷‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/9t6lWNqDQR

— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) January 6, 2021