Coup on Capitol Hill (Trump#117)

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The ongoing Trump saga.

Continuing from www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4110252-May-Hope-and-History-Rhyme-Trump-116

Oh dear. Bad news already?

Trump has blood on his hands today.

The woman who was shot has died.

@lionheart

Pelosi wants to get back in to resume the business of the day.

As does Lindsey Graham

Ana Cabrera @AnaCabrera
The Sergeant at Arms has announced that the U.S. Capitol building is now secure, according to press pool reporters.

@PerkingFaintly - I agree 100%

Let's not forget Georgia

Jon Ossoff won in Georgia, joining the Rev. Raphael Warnock and ensuring Democrats will have the thinnest of advantages in the Senate. Their victories were overshadowed by violence from President Trump's supporters in Washington. www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/us/politics/warnock-loeffler-ossoff-perdue-georgia-senate

Fairfax, VA, police uniforms spotted at the Capitol. Officers clearing people from around the Capitol.

Police who are visible are dressed in riot gear.

Let's hope stuff dissipates on the street now.

I thought there was an earlier comment on CNN that the congress had been relocated to Fort McNair - which is the 'emergency' congress location. Makes sense as they couldn't rely on being able to get back into the senate/house this evening.

@tobee

Let's hope stuff dissipates on the street now.

I feel like the few left are the real hardcore, I think they'll kick off.

Sleipnirthewonderhorse

We need a little humour at times like this and I did laugh at that tweet...

"Waaaaaahhhhh boooohooooo I'm meant to be in a revolution waaaah"

It's really sad to watch. I know America has a whole heap of problems, but the way power passed from one president to the next was really something to be proud of.

@RedToothBrush

Tom Winter *@Tom*_Winter NBC News: The woman shot today inside the U.S. Capitol building has died, multiple law enforcement officials say.

1 death.

This thread is moving so fast, it's easy to miss posts This is horrible news

I'm watching Peston.

I'm on subtitles which show Baroness Warsi saying rioters were in the White House. She means Capitol building. Or the subbies are wrong.

Trump reminds me of a character played by Martin Sheen in a film called The Dead Zone where a candidate for president uses a child as a human shield. All that bullet proof glass, he is a coward, a bully and a big jessie!

And Jeremy Hunt is on mute. Sigh.

All You Need is Love on in background of CNN report. Surreal

A bit of light relief, video in the tweet link

Obsessed with these Trump protestors who broke windows to get into the Capitol Building but then stayed inside the red ropes t.co/UqnseAbEb1

A 24-year-old male who was climbing the scaffolding on the west front of the US Capitol building fell more than 30 feet.

He is being taken to the hospital in critical condition, according to a source familiar.

Police reporting that the mob deployed chemical irritants against police during the assault.

Law enforcement clearing the east side of the Capitol grounds.

The curfew is less than 2 mins away.

What a long day it has been. Couldn't sleep last night, checking Georgia about 2-4am, then woke to much better news that Warnock/Ossoff would clinch it. Such a bright day for Biden and his team.

Now this shitshow that is all down to Trump AND his enablers who should be ashamed. Have any of them... the likes of Cruz and Scalise, Jim Jordan condemned this?
Just going off to check....

Curfew shortly.

[quote DuncinToffee]A bit of light relief, video in the tweet link

Obsessed with these Trump protestors who broke windows to get into the Capitol Building but then stayed inside the red ropes t.co/UqnseAbEb1[/quote]

Yes! I was thinking that while watching footage!

Mike Hanns @mjahanna

The acting Secretary of Defence confirms it was Vice President Pence NOT #Trump who authorised deployment of National Guard

Pres GW Bush states this is how election results are disputed in a banana republic.