People climbing wall on west front earlier.
Back online after losing service outside Capitol as the Trumpers stormed the building. Some backed up stuff followed. Here the woman in the blue Trump hat tried to dissuade idiots from storming building. Partly by saying the leaders were antifa, but still, good for her.
Guy holding flag here was yelling that he would come back with his gun if Biden is inaugurated. ImageImage
People celebrating breach. “This is what revolution looks like,” one guy said. Lot of insistence the Senate, the nearby part of the Capitol, is “our house.”
The woman in the blue jacket was yelling for others to try to get in the other (East) side of the Capitol because “Alex Jones just told us to.” Image
It was frustrating to watch in many cases strikingly dumb and delusional people openly execute a plan to breach the Capitol to delay Biden’s electoral certification. They were delighted at their success.
The current scene at the west front of the Capitol is what it looked like during BLM protests this summer. Perplexing that Capitol Police didn’t have a perimeter like this to start today. Image

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