Trump's Last Stand

Confirming other reports: @SpeakerPelosi has requested National Guard troops to clear and secure the Capitol via request from the Capitol Police Board.
A D.C. government official tells me troops are on the way.

— Mike DeBonis (@mikedebonis) January 6, 2021

People are smashing glass in the doors to the House chamber. Police have guns drawn and aimed at the door

— Jonathan Tamari (@JonathanTamari) January 6, 2021

My God. https://t.co/vLtj43BNE4

— Rachel Martin (@rachelnpr) January 6, 2021

from @elwasson: "There’s an armed standoff at the house front the door police officers have their guns drawn at someone who is trying to reach the front door"

— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) January 6, 2021

This is not a denunciation of the violence. https://t.co/u2AYGqSSKC

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 6, 2021

NBC News: A member of the US Senate says that VP Pence and Sen. Charles Grassley, the president pro-tem, have been taken to a secure location. The doors of the Senate have been closed and locked, and senators have been told to stay away from the doors. @PeteWilliamsNBC reports.

— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) January 6, 2021

House and Senate have recessed, subject to call by the chair.

This. https://t.co/qPbdGCKiQ6

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) January 6, 2021

Not the authority you think it is.

The D.C. National Guard is not controlled by the Mayor; it’s controlled by the President.

The lack of a military response right now is a failure by the *federal* government to respond to an assault on one of its most important institutions engaging in its most important duty.

— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) January 6, 2021

So....?

.@Acosta says Trump "is essentially watching the world burn" and "should be going into the briefing room and telling these protesters to stop and go home. He is not doing that. That's makes him responsible for what's happening right before our eyes." pic.twitter.com/9KmWqrBV4F

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 6, 2021

Trump has made us into a third world banana republic. The shining democracy on the hill is sustaining real damage today. Shame on his co-conspirators. The world is watching.

— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) January 6, 2021

Republicans who caused this now needing to be protected from it. It’s like a metaphor.

pic.twitter.com/PV7mQ0ocNc

— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) January 6, 2021

Meanwhile, Trump is currently sitting in the Oval Office and has not yet instructed his supporters to get out of the Capitol they've breached. The vice president's office hasn't said where he is amid reports he was evacuated. https://t.co/SEjMYRtBMa

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) January 6, 2021

They’re in the chamber. One is up on the dais yelling “Trump won that election!” This is insane pic.twitter.com/p6CXhBDSFT

— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) January 6, 2021

It was already clear enough, but the absurdity of trying to sanitize this movement into people who just wanted a blue ribbon committee in Washington to make sure the ballots were extra double certified

— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) January 6, 2021

Law enforcement in combat gear now heading into the U.S. Capitol.

— Katherine Faulders (@KFaulders) January 6, 2021

I almost want to cheer.

Oh, just fck off. https://t.co/N5WEmgY9ws

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) January 6, 2021

Actions. Consequences. Asshole.