It’s being reported now that the Capitol building is on lockdown and both the Senate and House have gaveled out, with members being told to shelter in place after protester breached the Capitol building and got inside:
BREAKING: HOUSE AND SENATE have just gaveled out due to security threat from pro-Trump protesters
— Scott Wong (@scottwongDC) January 6, 2021
2:03 PM: CAPITOL POLICE instruct staff/lawmakers in CANNON Building to relocate to RAYBURN and LONGWORTH, which are under shelter in place orders.
DO NOT GO OUTSIDE pic.twitter.com/zMpVoqOP3p
— Scott Wong (@scottwongDC) January 6, 2021
US CAPITOL LOCKED DOWN: Just got public announcement that there is no entrance to or exit from the Capitol due to “external security threat”
“Stay away from window and doors” pic.twitter.com/C2p1vu8l1B
— Scott Wong (@scottwongDC) January 6, 2021
Here are photos of some of the protests inside the Capitol building:
Protesters have breached the Capitol. They’re outside the Senate chamber pic.twitter.com/I021tKliUD
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) January 6, 2021
This is happening pic.twitter.com/MNDC2Nh1Cg
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) January 6, 2021
Police officers are holding them steps away from the Senate chamber, which is locked. Senators are inside. I see a few confederate flags. pic.twitter.com/YI7X7KmuUG
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) January 6, 2021
As I am finishing this post, Chad Pergram reports that members are coming back into session. So I assume the lockdown is over, or at least partially.
UPDATE: That didn’t last long…
That didn't last long. The House has stopped its proceedings with protestors just outside the doors to the Chamber
— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) January 6, 2021
UPDATE 2: Here’s video of protesters banging on windows inside:
Protesters are pounding on the windows at the Capitol building
pic.twitter.com/KSMmaAVplT— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) January 6, 2021
And some of them freely walking around in the Capitol:
WATCH: Trump supporters are freely walking through Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol. pic.twitter.com/aDwDqkAlWV
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 6, 2021
UPDATE 3: Protesters discharging a fire extinguisher:
Trump protesters just discharged a fire extinguisher outside Senate chamber. Many protesters are inside building, and most people are hiding from them pic.twitter.com/0y2sk8LHWd
— Steven Nelson (@stevennelson10) January 6, 2021
UPDATE 4: Here’s video of more protesters fighting with police officers:
US CAPITOL UNDER SIEGE: Tear gas deployed inside rotunda; lawmakers told to find escape hoods / gas masks under their seats and put them on.
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) January 6, 2021
UPDATE 5: Rioters are now breaking windows on the Capitol building…
Rioters are smashing windows outside the Capitol Building. pic.twitter.com/ZZOm2lFDvD
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) January 6, 2021
UPDATE 6: And they are in Pelosi’s office…
BREAKING: I am inside Nancy Pelosi’s office with the thousands of revolutionaries who have stormed the building
To put into perspective how quickly staff evacuated, emails are still on the screen along side a federal alert warning members of the current revolution pic.twitter.com/m24YjtWIXh
— ELIJAH SCHAFFER (@ElijahSchaffer) January 6, 2021
UPDATE 7: Someone being rolled out on a stretcher, covered in blood:
GRAPHIC: MSNBC shows video of a person being wheeled out of the Capitol on a stretcher, covered in blood and in very bad shape. pic.twitter.com/W6jKaXDudK
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 6, 2021
UPDATE 8: Here are photos from inside the House chamber of presumably law enforcement officers (secret service?) pointing two guns at protesters through a broken window:
— Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) January 6, 2021
Photo from inside the House chamber by @AP pic.twitter.com/rRlcRbBwYl
— Anthony Quintano (@AnthonyQuintano) January 6, 2021
UPDATE 9: Protesters attempt to break into McConnell’s office from scaffolds outside the Capitol:
Protesters are breaching McConnell's office from the scaffolds. pic.twitter.com/4YFuiktatS
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) January 6, 2021
Also it’s being reported that a request to call out the National Guard has been denied:
BREAKING: A source tells me The Defense Department has just denied a request by DC officials to deploy the National Guard to the US Capitol.
— Aaron C. Davis (@byaaroncdavis) January 6, 2021
UPDATE 10: The woman who was wheeled out earlier on the stretcher was shot for trying to breach doors in the Capitol:
Confirmed: Woman who was trying to breach the doors inside the U.S. Capitol was shot in the neck by Capitol Police. She's since been brought out of the building on a stretcher.
— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) January 6, 2021
A young woman was just shot in the neck right besides me in the Capitol Building pic.twitter.com/hLQo4IP8J1
— Tayler Hansen (@TaylerUSA) January 6, 2021
— Tayler Hansen (@TaylerUSA) January 6, 2021
UPDATE 11: Trump sending in the National Guard:
At President @realDonaldTrump’s direction, the National Guard is on the way along with other federal protective services.
We reiterate President Trump’s call against violence and to remain peaceful.
— Kayleigh McEnany (@PressSec) January 6, 2021
This is important considering the Defense Department refused an earlier request to send in the National Guard.
UPDATE 12: Here comes the law enforcement bus:
Now DC metro bus packed with @DCPoliceDept heading toward Cap Hill @CBSNews pic.twitter.com/f2xUJN6FC9
— Catherine Herridge (@CBS_Herridge) January 6, 2021
ALSO:
Capitol Police evacuating Capitol
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) January 6, 2021
UPDATE 13: President Trump delivers short video message on Twitter calling for peace, telling people to go home:
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2021
UPDATE RELATED TO 13: Twitter put a warning on Trump’s call for peace saying retweeting it could lead to violence? What???
Twitter with a new warning label: pic.twitter.com/N3ZWSP1dWf
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) January 6, 2021