For years, Democrats and some Republicans have sounded alarms about Trump’s toxic brand of politics. Last week, their fearful predictions came to pass.
by Farooque Chowdhury / January 10th, 2021
Hundreds of protesters breached the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, forcing lockdowns as the US Congress was convening a joint session to count the certified 2020 Electoral College votes. The entire episode, although with a few gaps, was in the mainstream media. Death number, arrests, etc. accompanied. There are some more things. What came out was an exhibition of bourgeois politics. A part of a show of regime change in an advanced bourgeois democracy it was, also.
Some of the protesters breached hallways, offices and even the Senate chamber, forcing evacuations. Others broke windows to get inside. Capitol police had to draw guns inside in an armed standoff near the door to the House floor. Lawmakers were instructed to put on protective gas masks because police had deployed chemical irritants in Statuary Hall. They were told to lie down on floor.
Inside the Capitol siege: Barricaded lawmakers, aides sounded pleas for help as police lost control
Karoun Demirjian, Carol D. Leonnig, Paul Kane and Aaron C. Davis, The Washington Post
Jan. 9, 2021
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Congressional staff members are evacuated by the Capitol Police after protesters breached the U.S. Capitol interrupting a joint congressional session to certify the electoral college vote in Washington, D.C on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021.Photo by Amanda Voisard for The Washington Post
WASHINGTON - The growing crowds outside the Capitol on Wednesday afternoon sounded menacing but at bay as senators began to debate challenges to the electoral college vote. A top adviser to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell stepped out of the ornate chamber for a short break.