Maryland and Virginia are sending the National Guard along with State Police to the District on Wednesday after chaos erupted at the U.S. Capitol building.
arrow Insurrectionist supporters of President Donald Trump outside the door to the House chamber after breaching Capitol security in Washington, DC. JIM LO SCALZO/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
Chaotic scenes of pro-Trump rioters breaching the U.S. Capitol, where lawmakers in the House and Senate were meeting to certify President-elect Joe Biden s presidential victory, shocked millions of Americans on Wednesday. Inside the building, legislators were confronted with unexpected terror and anarchy erupting just steps away from the Capitol s chambers and offices. I think people need to understand how close hundreds of members of Congress came to being seriously harmed, if not killed, on the House floor, Representative Mondaire Jones told Gothamist/WNYC.
President-elect Joe Biden and leaders from around the world condemned the storming of the Capitol.
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Biden demanded Trump go on national television to call for an end to the insurrection . At this hour our democracy is under unprecedented assault, unlike anything we ve seen in modern times, Biden said in a national address. An assault on the citadel of liberty - the Capitol itself. An assault on the people s representatives and the Capitol Hill Police who protect them. Let me be very clear: the scenes of chaos at the Capitol do not reflect the true America and do not reflect who we are. What we are seeing is a small number of extremists. This is not dissent. It is disorder. It borders on sedition and it must end now.