Wednesday’s mob attack endangered lawmakers, staff, members of the press and a beleaguered Capitol Police force that was badly outnumbered.
One police officer died after being hit with a fire extinguisher, and a woman who was part of the mob was shot and killed as she tried to reach the Speaker’s lobby just outside the House floor.
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Days after the ugly episode, it is becoming increasingly clear that it could have been even worse.
There have been reports of rioters searching for Speaker Nancy Pelosi
A photographer for Reuters, Jim Bourg, said he heard three older white men wearing red “MAGA” hats talking about finding Pence to hang him as a “traitor.”
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Democrats Introduce Articles of Impeachment After Republicans Block 25th
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the U.S. Capitol on January 8, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
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House Republicans blocked a resolution on Monday morning calling on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to impeach President Donald Trump after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) brought the resolution by unanimous consent. Democrats have moved quickly for impeachment after Trump’s involvement in last week’s attempted armed coup.
The attempted coup was “widely advertised and broadly encouraged by President Donald J. Trump, who repeatedly urged his millions of followers on Twitter and other social media outlets to come to Washington on January 6 to ‘Stop the Steal,’” according to the impeachment document submitted by Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Maryland). Lawmakers cited Trump’s repeated attempts to interrupt vote counting, his plea for Georgia Secretary of State Br