Thread by @antihateca

Today is the #StopTheSteal rally in DC, where Proud Boys & other far-right extremists have descended on the capital in an attempt to intimidate officials into reversing the election results

We'll be adding coverage from various sources to this thread throughout the day & evening

https://twitter.com/antihateca/status/1346839432586883072

Streams show that the crowds have reached the Capitol building. Law enforcement has reinforced their barricades with officers both in and out of riot gear.

Mace is being used at points where protesters are attacking the barriers.

https://twitter.com/blackhousenew/status/1346875367127212037

Parts of the crowd continue to try to carry away the metal barricades.

Audible pops that crowd members have called "flash bangs" have been heard as well.

Many now appear to be trying to make their way to the building through this construction scaffolding.

Protesters have made it to the doors of the Capitol Building.

The Stop The Steal protesters are now inside the building. Staff were already evacuated. @igorbobic reports the police appear to be trying to deescalate the situation

https://twitter.com/igorbobic/status/1346899437520621568

According to CNN's @Phil_Mattingly this message was delivered to Capitol staff

https://twitter.com/Phil_Mattingly/status/1346902257988755457

After a struggle to keep the doors of the Capitol Building open, more of the crowd has surged inside.

Several suspicious devices apparently found around the building.

https://twitter.com/jimsciutto/status/1346901608555294720?s=20

After rushing into the building, it seems like many in the crowd are now making their way out. One is heard muttering about wanting a few strands of "Pelosi's hair," while another said he wanted her head.

https://twitter.com/antihateca/status/1346908421467959297?s=20

Apparently there is a gallows:

https://twitter.com/MagicMan112/status/1346900686496288775

Overheard on the Baked Alaska stream:

"If nobody dies I will be disappointed"

"We're taking our country back from the globalists. Next time won't be so peaceful."

Correction: the "nobody dies" remark was a comment.

Other comments: "burn the tr*****s" and "BOOMERWAFFEN ACTIVATE"

Another comment on the stream: "TOLD US TO COPE GIVE THEM THE ROPE"

Referring to the Day of the Rope when neo-Nazis will hang their opposition, from the Turner Diaries.

Capitol police appear to be attempting to clear one entrance to the building's chambers. Protesters have made a push but police appear to have closed the door.

A Canadian flag spotted outside:

A Confederate flag has been raised outside:

https://twitter.com/rebtanhs/status/1346911126022283270?s=20

"HANG MIKE PENCE" being overheard on livestreams.

Some of us think it's "FIND MIKE PENCE"

difficult to say.

Despite repeated attempts by police to take back the main rotunda reports from @BGOnTheScene show that demonstrators still have effective control of the building.

https://twitter.com/BGOnTheScene/status/1346920484009611264

The National Guard has reportedly been called in to deal with the escalating situation in Washington DC.

https://twitter.com/nprpolitics/status/1346921843727495169

Some police are taking selfies with the demonstrators.

https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/1346920198461419520?s=20

Black Israelites - an extremist group - have arrived with what looks like weapons:

https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1346913228761276417?s=20

ICYMI:

https://twitter.com/igorbobic/status/1346911809274478594

A CBC journalist covering DC is being harassed and intimidated:

https://twitter.com/fitz_meagan/status/1346924714967638016?s=20

According to @CNN Trump (unsurprisingly) doesn't want to do anything to calm things down.

cnn.com/politics/live-…

Rebel's Keean Bexte is at the QAnon/MAGA rally. Yesterday it was announced that vacationers will not have access to a sickness benefit for quarantine upon re-entering the country.

https://twitter.com/akurjata/status/1346911406898044928?s=20

In a video meant to be a call for peace to his followers, Trump spends a majority of his time repeating claims of election fraud, saying he won a "landslide victory."

"Go home, we love you, you are very special."

Crowds now appear to mostly have left the Capitol grounds. It's still daylight in DC, and more events are expected to play out during the night.

We'll continue monitoring the situation throughout.

Proud Boy Eddie Block is still live streaming from the roof of the Capitol Building. Claims that police are unsure of how to get him down.

Another stream is showing the cops pushing the remaining group even further away from the Capitol Building. The crowd is now alleged to be mostly contained in the parking lot.

Officers dressed in fatigues, believed to belong to the National Guard, have formed a shield wall and are pushing the crowd back further while Capitol police spray them with mace.

Despite the earlier effort to push part of the crowd back, law enforcement is now standing around while parts of the crowd mill about. It is now over an hour after a 6pm curfew set by DC authorities.

This is a very sharp contrast to the events that took place during DC's BLM protests in June.

There, just before curfew, National Guard and police forced a crowd back to clear a path for Trump to St. John’s Church for a photo opportunity.

esquire.com/news-politics/…

Twitter Safety has required the removal of three of President Trump's tweets from today. Once he removes them the account will be locked for 12 hours.

https://twitter.com/twittersafety/status/1346970431039934464?s=21

It's being reported that lawmakers intend to return to the Capitol to finish the counting of Electoral College votes this evening.
cbsnews.com/live-updates/e…

CBS' @alanhe says US Senators are on the way back into the building now.

Their intention is to certify the election.

https://twitter.com/alanhe/status/1346979069682970624

To chants of "traitors" and "fuck antifa," DC police are forcing a group of Trump supporters to remain in their hotel, rather than going back out into the street.

The doors are closed but they are using bullhorns to yell through the glass.

Reporting by @ArnoRosenfeld managed to isolate one man wearing a "Camp Auschwitz" sweater during the storming of the Capitol Building in DC.

https://twitter.com/ArnoRosenfeld/status/1346986704830255107