Jan 7, 2021
President Donald Trump’s frustrated and frantic efforts to nullify the results of the 2020 election resulted in a mob scene at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday. Hordes of protesters waving Trump banners along with American flags pushed up to, and into, the Capitol, disrupting Congress as it was trying to do its constitutional duty and verify the votes of the electoral college. Many Republicans in Congress were planning to contest the election results that give Joe Biden the win, but the protesters didn’t give them the chance.
An insurrection is defined is defined by Oxford Dictionary as “a violent uprising against an authority or government.” Make no mistake, this was an insurrection on American soil. A first of its kind in which an angry mob literally stormed the capitol and prevented Congress from carrying out its work.
Members of Congress told to get gas masks from under chairs as insurrectionists storm Capitol Building
Updated Jan 07, 2021;
Posted Jan 06, 2021
Protesters gesture to U.S. Capitol Police in the hallway outside of the Senate chamber at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, near the Ohio Clock.AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta
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“We aren’t taking any chances,” the Democrat said.
Hundreds of insurrectionists angered over President Donald Trump’s election loss swarmed the Capitol Building.
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Lawmakers are evacuated from capitol building
Vice President Michael Pence, who has been criticized by Trump for not attempting to overturn the Electoral College vote, was rushed out of the Senate chambers.