Rioter in the Senate chambersPentagon says Pence, not Trump, approved national guard deploymenthttps://www.defenseone.com/threats/2021/01/right-wing-extremists-storm-capitol-building/171216/https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2021/01/this-is-a-coup/171220/The acting secretary of defense, Christopher Miller, said in a statement that he discussed the deployment of national guard troops to the Capitol with Mike Pence, not Donald Trump.
“Chairman Milley and I just spoke separately with the Vice President and with Speaker Pelosi, Leader McConnell, Senator Schumer and Representative Hoyer about the situation at the US Capitol,” Miller said in the statement.
“We have fully activated the DC National Guard to assist federal and local law enforcement as they work to peacefully address the situation. We are prepared to provide additional support as necessary and appropriate as requested by local authorities.”
There were earlier reports that the Pentagon had initially denied the request for national guard troops to be deployed, but reinforcements have now been sent to the Capitol.
Kayleigh McEnany, White House Press Secretary, LIES by saying "At President @realDonaldTrump’s direction, the National Guard is on the way along with other federal protective services."
https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/1346918582832168964 As of 5 o’clock on Wednesday afternoon, Guardsmen still had not arrived on the Capitol grounds, but riot police were beginning to move the mob away from the building. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has imposed a 6 p.m. curfew on the city amid concerns of potential violent clashes after dark.
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Woman shot at the Capitol has died – reporthttps://twitter.com/Tom_Winter/status/1346951212290097153A woman shot in the chest on Capitol grounds today, as a pro-Trump mob stormed the building, has died, according to NBC News.
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Cori Bush, the newly elected progressive congresswoman from Missouri, said she would introduce a resolution calling for the expulsion of Republican members who have “incited this domestic terror attack through their attempts to overturn the election.”
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Senator Mitt Romney condemned the events of today, describing the storming of the Capitol as
“an insurrection, incited by the President of the United States”.https://twitter.com/SenatorRomney/status/1346958329906565120 ------------------------------------------
Trump praises supporters as 'very special' after mob storms the Capitolhttps://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1346928882595885058 https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1346954970910707712 --------------------------------------------
Inside Jobhttps://twitter.com/sugaspov/status/1346919943238000645At 1:15, the mob had advanced up the Capitol steps. In some places, they clashed with law enforcement personnel.
In others, video appears to show Capitol Police allowing the mob to move forward into previously off-limits areas.https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/1346920198461419520Video appears to show at least some Capitol Police officers posing for selfies with extremists inside the building.--------------------------------------------
Presidential historian Michael Beschloss: “This is a coup d’etat attempted by the President of the United States."--------------------------------------------
For four years, Trump’s critics have been accused of hysteria and hyperbole for describing his movement as fascist, authoritarian, or lawless. Today, as Congress attempts to certify the election of a new president, the president has vindicated those critics.
A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear.