Thread by @dmihalopoulos

.@RepRobinKelly, D-Ill., tells @WBEZ she was in the room where it happened - in the House chamber - when the violent pro-Trump mob forced its way in.

"I was in the gallery...We were crawling and kneeling and hiding. Guns were drawn. It was scary." /1

.@RepRobinKelly: "It felt very chaotic. I saw the [pro-Trump rebels] that they captured face down on the floor with guns on them."

Did you ever expect this in Congress?

"Hell, no. Hell, no. This was frightening, disappointing, unbelievable. All those words." /2

.@RepRobinKelly blames Trump for what happened at the Capitol today: "He's despicable, disgusting, the worst president we've ever had. How could he think this is OK? He has no moral compass...He lost. And it's been proven to him over and over." /3

She said police should have kept the pro-Trump mob at bay: "They were too polite. There should have been enough resources so that they never got in and did what they did. And, hopefully, you know, you learn from everything that happened so this won’t happen again." /4

But @RepRobinKelly fears this might not be the end of the political violence: "Who knows what these people will do? We still have 2 more weeks of Trump and the inauguration. They haven't accept his loss yet. I don't think they're going to accept it in 2 weeks either." /5

.@RepRobinKelly: "The instigation of violence, which I think the president did - even in telling them to go home, he said this is fraud. He needs to go home in peace to Mar-a-Lago. This is disgusting...He endangered people...But that's him. He only cares about himself."/6

.@RepRobinKelly said she can't wait to get back to her home district on the South Side and south suburbs: "I can't wait to see my husband, my house, my kids. I need a hug. We can't even hug each other here. We're going to finish the job tonight, make sure democracy prevails." /7

.@RepRobinKelly said she 'knew something wasn't right' when Pence and Pelosi were escorted out and she was told she may have to hide under her seat or put on a gas mask. But that wasn't needed: 'We just hid behind the short wall that's in front of the seats.' /8

You can hear @RepRobinKelly recount her ordeal and much more coverage tomorrow morning on @WBEZ 91.5, during @MorningEdition, from 5-9 am /9