From the Washington Post Editorial Board:
Trump caused the assault on the Capitol. He must be removed. https://t.co/ZPHJGvmdTP pic.twitter.com/T9wqtBwJBx
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) January 7, 2021
A mob of pro-Trump extremists stormed the Capitol, broke through doors and windows, and roamed the Senate chamber. See what happened in the Capitol.https://t.co/U7MivoEJlh
— NYT Graphics (@nytgraphics) January 7, 2021
Right-wing figures spread baseless claims that Antifa was behind Wednesday’s violent insurrection at the Capitol.https://t.co/0Yc1Pa7YuV via @CraigSilverman
— Mary Ann Georgantopoulos (@marygeorgant) January 7, 2021
Acting Secretary of Defense Miller says he spoke with Chairman Milley, the Vice President, and Congressional leaders on the situation in DC and the full activation of the DC National Guard.
Notably absent from this list: President Trump pic.twitter.com/b3j5XA2j2f
— Sara Cook (@saraecook) January 6, 2021
.@Liz_Cheney: “there’s no question the president formed the mob. The president incited the mob. The president address the mob. He lit the flame.”
— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) January 7, 2021
The president, a senior adviser says, has "lost it." He has been almost impossible to talk to throughout the day today, and has been watching the coverage of the Capitol.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 7, 2021
NEW: Trump initially rebuffed and resisted requests to mobilize the National Guard, according to a person with knowledge of the vents. It required intervention from White House officials to get it done, according to the person with knowledge of the events.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 7, 2021
In Opinion
"President Trump and his Republican enablers in Congress incited a violent attack Wednesday against the government they lead and the nation they profess to love," the editorial board writes. "This cannot be allowed to stand." https://t.co/WXJo3Mm0NX
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 7, 2021
Capitol Hill workers cleaning up the damage left by the insurrectionary mob of Trump supporters.
This video and the knowledge that these essential workers did not receive COVID vaccines — unlike lawmakers and select Hill staffers — speaks volumes. https://t.co/gJICgAeLdo
— Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) January 7, 2021
PENCE: "Lets get back to work" pic.twitter.com/31bjvYHBn1
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) January 7, 2021
Nicole Wallace Says Trump Is Probably Readying To Pre-Pardon Capitol Rioters https://t.co/59aVVVnQHX
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) January 7, 2021
Vice President @Mike_Pence is one of the leaders I trust most to adhere to the U.S. Constitution. He understands that Congress, not the vice president, has the authority to certify or reject the electoral votes. https://t.co/AcGIC0cjDe
— Kay C. James (@KayColesJames) January 6, 2021
It is extremely disappointing to see protesters resorting to violence in our nation’s capital. There are appropriate ways to petition government—attacking the U.S. Capitol and law enforcement is unacceptable.
I'm praying for our nation and our leaders.
— Kay C. James (@KayColesJames) January 6, 2021
The violence must end. Democracy, the rule of law, and respect for our constitutional government must be restored. Everyone should condemn the violent protestors storming the Capitol. This is not the American way.
— Kay C. James (@KayColesJames) January 6, 2021
PRESS RELEASE: RNC Members Condemn Violence at U.S. Capitol⬇️ pic.twitter.com/IOynanvGVs
— GOP (@GOP) January 7, 2021
"Today’s violence threatens the very foundations of what our founding fathers built." Read more here: https://t.co/VRl11NhHVh #ampFW
— FreedomWorks (@FreedomWorks) January 6, 2021
Some Questions That Need to Be Asked, and Things That Need to Be Said About Today's Chaos in D.C. https://t.co/lWMxAKDf2n
— RedState (@RedState) January 7, 2021
I Am a Conservative; I Am an American https://t.co/v9hic4nqn0
— RedState (@RedState) January 7, 2021
Vice President Pence Gives a Master Class in Statesmanship As Senate Reconvenes https://t.co/Id6yIrMIkZ
— RedState (@RedState) January 7, 2021
Has the 25th Amendment Basically Been Invoked? https://t.co/mIp5un0DC5
— RedState (@RedState) January 7, 2021
JUST IN: RNC releases statement: “The members of the Republican National Committee strongly condemn the violence in and around the United States Capitol Building today in Washington, DC." https://t.co/OVfPBBbo6w pic.twitter.com/JFzUb6RIho
— ABC News (@ABC) January 7, 2021
BREAKING: Twitter locks Trump's account https://t.co/78AxiIDFHN
— The Washington Times (@WashTimes) January 7, 2021
PRESIDENT TRUMP BANNED FROM FACEBOOK FOR 24 HOURS
— Stoll News (@StollNews) January 7, 2021
VP PENCE UNFOLLOWS PRESIDENT TRUMP ON TWITTER
— Stoll News (@StollNews) January 6, 2021
Video shows Capitol Police opening barricades for Trump protestershttps://t.co/VUOKVeMKp5 pic.twitter.com/Q3h9YL9AYo
— New York Post (@nypost) January 7, 2021
Capitol protesters loot, vandalize Nancy Pelosi’s office https://t.co/bcCrYGKkdw pic.twitter.com/pmDWkTTrQP
— New York Post (@nypost) January 7, 2021
Neo-Nazis among protesters who stormed US Capitolhttps://t.co/B6HZJawrSb pic.twitter.com/veQGMd2DcQ
— New York Post (@nypost) January 7, 2021
Senate rejects Cruz-Gosar challenge to Biden’s Arizona electoral victoryhttps://t.co/nB51F9HXj5 pic.twitter.com/RC25t9D8Og
— New York Post (@nypost) January 7, 2021
Biden calls storming of Capitol an ‘unprecedented assault’ on democracy https://t.co/AC2PL3gEMZ pic.twitter.com/hUsgYlLNgu
— New York Post (@nypost) January 7, 2021
Pro-Trump rioters storm US Capitol, break Nancy Pelosi’s name plate in new videohttps://t.co/l2rr9IR51i pic.twitter.com/t3ogmMv6no
— New York Post (@nypost) January 7, 2021
Sens. Loeffler, Lankford drop election objections after Capitol chaoshttps://t.co/Se7Pkd5q3k pic.twitter.com/Zu8Czy727N
— New York Post (@nypost) January 7, 2021
World leaders condemn violent DC protests, call on Trump to concede https://t.co/JN4Vw3iE19 pic.twitter.com/AyiNZWINkg
— New York Post (@nypost) January 7, 2021
Watch: Video from inside the U.S. Capitol shows someone praying as rioters broke into the building. At least one explosive device was found on the Capitol grounds, officials told NBC News. https://t.co/YZ9huCuYc2 pic.twitter.com/Gleoll9tl3
— NBCWashington (@nbcwashington) January 6, 2021
Live: President-elect Joe Biden speaks https://t.co/Xa72wkQHG2
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 6, 2021
World stunned by subversion of U.S. democracy after pro-Trump mob breaches capitol https://t.co/Zu139aVhkC
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 6, 2021
Law enforcement appears to have cleared out the north side of the U.S. Capitol after hours-long standoff. Used flash bangs and tear gas to push people back. pic.twitter.com/GlR9VLVm9w
— Michael Brice-Saddler (@TheArtist_MBS) January 6, 2021
GOP Sen. Pat Toomey slams Sen. Ted Cruz's objection to #ElectoralCollege: "Why are the objectors objecting only to swing states President Trump lost? Why not the ones he won?" pic.twitter.com/hk8GY0fmib
— The Hill (@thehill) January 7, 2021
#BREAKING: Stephanie Grisham, top aide to Melania Trump, resigns https://t.co/dE8lViEm2Y pic.twitter.com/X04Wq6uo85
— The Hill (@thehill) January 7, 2021
JUST IN: Dem lawmakers call on Pence to invoke 25th Amendment, remove Trump from office: "This is dangerous & unacceptable" https://t.co/JGOzrlOtiD pic.twitter.com/UjOke47wiy
— The Hill (@thehill) January 6, 2021
Current view in #WashingtonDC pic.twitter.com/a6gFhE6lQR
— The Cruz Show (@TheCruzShow) January 7, 2021
Breakingviews – America’s safe-haven status gets violent test https://t.co/O6yZHl7Wba pic.twitter.com/7JPNzCrn1A
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 6, 2021
Statement from President Obama. pic.twitter.com/fnmdMgLuqn
— CSPAN (@cspan) January 7, 2021
Statement by President George W. Bush pic.twitter.com/9JQ8tVUW0N
— CSPAN (@cspan) January 6, 2021
Statement from President Clinton pic.twitter.com/xgbE15v6Fx
— CSPAN (@cspan) January 7, 2021
Scene at the U.S. Capitol. pic.twitter.com/I8V8Ih9RBL
— CSPAN (@cspan) January 6, 2021
Joint Statement from Leader Schumer and Speaker Pelosi: “We are calling on President Trump to demand that all protestors leave the U.S. Capitol and Capitol Grounds immediately.” pic.twitter.com/cpLIlnQjVN
— CSPAN (@cspan) January 6, 2021
As @SenatorLankford speaks:
"The Senate will stand in recess until the call of the chair."
"Protesters are in the building." pic.twitter.com/35KgJfVxHM
— CSPAN (@cspan) January 6, 2021
.@RepGosar and @SenTedCruz object to the counting of the #ElectoralCollege votes from Arizona. pic.twitter.com/yLqiedJQcp
— CSPAN (@cspan) January 6, 2021
President Trump: "We will never give up. We will never concede. It doesn't happen. You don't concede when there's theft involved."
Full video here: https://t.co/pWnpPgDrRQ pic.twitter.com/qFRN0r8Uja
— CSPAN (@cspan) January 6, 2021
“White Americans aren’t afraid of the cops. White Americans are never afraid of the cops, even when they’re committing an insurrection,” @JoyAnnReid says about the Trump supporters rioting the US Capitol. pic.twitter.com/dJ3soNlZhq
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 6, 2021
"We need to call it what it is — it is white supremacy — it was white privilege and it was the call of our president. And it was encouraged by our Republican colleagues," Rep. Cori Bush says.
"That's why we are calling for them to be removed. They should not be seated." pic.twitter.com/fpvtBnjw15
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 7, 2021
VP Pence: "We condemn the violence that took place here in the strongest possible terms … To those who wreaked havoc in our Capitol today: you did not win. Violence never wins. Freedom wins. And this is still the people's house." pic.twitter.com/Z9iIjliDT8
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 7, 2021
BREAKING: Former President Obama:
"History will rightly remember today’s violence at the Capitol, incited by a sitting president who has continued to baselessly lie about the outcome of a lawful election … But we’d be kidding ourselves if we treated it as a total surprise." pic.twitter.com/XG5whrc4K0
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 7, 2021
Here's a scene from the House gallery after rioters overwhelmed stormed the Capitol today.
Roughly two dozen members and reporters huddled in the gallery, crouching behind seats, as multiple armed officers barricaded the main chamber door https://t.co/pisVAEiGNV pic.twitter.com/Vbc7BUuvbW
— POLITICO (@politico) January 6, 2021
Here's a look at rioters breaking the windows of the U.S. Capitol today.
Trump supporters violently clashed with law enforcement today, locking the building down and halting the vote to certify Joe Biden’s presidential victory https://t.co/dnrQ8yiELa pic.twitter.com/FEx2waUnmY
— POLITICO (@politico) January 6, 2021
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks after chaos erupts at the U.S. Capitol https://t.co/liPnKtHCrX
— POLITICO (@politico) January 6, 2021
Here's a look at Trump supporters hanging from walls outside of the U.S. Capitol today.
Rioters violently clashed with law enforcement, locking the building down and halting the vote to certify Joe Biden’s presidential victory. https://t.co/dnrQ8yiELa pic.twitter.com/P7LgMrQo66
— POLITICO (@politico) January 6, 2021
President-elect Joe Biden addresses the country as chaos erupts on Capitol Hill https://t.co/E0ESt7yuvr
— POLITICO (@politico) January 6, 2021
Inside the House chamber, the atmosphere was starting to get slightly frantic.
“We have folks entering the rotunda,” Capitol Police said. Masks were being distributed to members and the press after tear gas was dispersed. https://t.co/dnrQ8yiELa pic.twitter.com/JWkpGMYck3
— POLITICO (@politico) January 6, 2021
This was the scene at the U.S. Capitol as protesters breached the building this afternoon as Congress was meeting to affirm the Electoral College vote https://t.co/NhxynD0UD8 pic.twitter.com/uIN0yy9Mr0
— POLITICO (@politico) January 6, 2021
This is the moment the House adjourned after protestors breached the U.S. Capitol https://t.co/C6tGSZftUu pic.twitter.com/WkvR6VvLMU
— POLITICO (@politico) January 6, 2021
Breaking News: The House joined the Senate in blocking an attempt to overturn Joe Biden’s win in Arizona, but over half of the House’s Republicans backed the effort. https://t.co/neIImFb3lQ
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 7, 2021
The violence and mayhem that unfolded in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday was one of the most severe intrusions of the Capitol since the British burned down the building in 1814. https://t.co/nKmaTtR6Fg
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 7, 2021
In Opinion
“For years now, professional grifters, trolls, true believers and political opportunists have sowed conspiratorial lies, creating intricate and dangerous alternate realities," Charlie Warzel writes. "It is likely to get worse.”https://t.co/IqSF98YZgB
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 7, 2021
Police officers around the Capitol shouted at protesters to “Move back!” on Wednesday night, several hours after a curfew was imposed following a pro-Trump mob’s storming of the building. Live updates here: https://t.co/XHw8e9TGs7 pic.twitter.com/NI4kQvHH1j
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 7, 2021
Senators Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer condemned the storming of the Capitol, and vowed to finish certifying Joe Biden’s victory.
“They tried to disrupt our democracy — they failed,” McConnell said.
“We will finish our task tonight,” Schumer said. https://t.co/iLF641onm3 pic.twitter.com/2psbGBeSfD
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 7, 2021
"Donald Trump has been an obsessive binge-watcher of TV coverage of his own presidency, for hours a day. Of course he would be glued to its next act," writes @poniewozik, our TV critic.https://t.co/RX7MfsrSS8
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 7, 2021
Charles Kushner, the father of President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, admitted in an email to a close confidante on Wednesday that the president’s behavior was “beyond our control.” https://t.co/uHC8nzHIsy
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 7, 2021
The president spoke to Pence this AM before the rally. Pence made clear he wasn't doing what the president wanted. The president said he was choosing to be soft. The president took off for the rally a short time later and unloaded on Pence to the crowd. https://t.co/iDEy7iVLZK
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 7, 2021
Today was a long time in the making. Trump’s supporters have been calling for a violent occupation of the Capitol building for weeks. Story with @DanBarryNYT https://t.co/SwOsTAMsNF
— Sheera Frenkel (@sheeraf) January 7, 2021
Woah pic.twitter.com/14TARtrIJu
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) January 7, 2021
First lady's chief of staff and former WH press secretary Stephanie Grisham resigns over violent protests https://t.co/eRdMo4tpKN
— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) January 7, 2021
This is an emergency situation and we are taking appropriate emergency measures, including removing President Trump's video. We removed it because on balance we believe it contributes to rather than diminishes the risk of ongoing violence.
— Guy Rosen (@guyro) January 6, 2021
I have faced violent hatred before.
I was not deterred then, and I will not be deterred now.
Tonight, Congress will continue the business of certifying the electoral college votes.
— James E. Clyburn (@WhipClyburn) January 6, 2021
Large crowd gathering at Freedom Plaza chanting “USA” ahead of tomorrow’s #MarchForTrump pic.twitter.com/iCAortIiVF
— Lisa Bennatan (@LisaBennatan) January 5, 2021
America Needs a Balanced Budget Amendment ASAP
https://t.co/EvyF4jvP6p— RedState (@RedState) January 6, 2021
https://twitter.com/NicolaSturgeon/status/1346919836811669507
The vote count on Capitol Hill usually unfolds as a routine formality. But this year some GOP lawmakers plan to object to the results from multiple states, triggering what's expected to be contentious debate and votes over whether to reject any objection. https://t.co/NanjmMJj29
— CNN (@CNN) January 6, 2021