At one point, a large crowd of rioters is blocked from moving further into the building by Capitol police.
Then at 24:40, a rioter with a bullhorn announces: "We have permission to go into this room... We can go into this room if we are calm and we commit no violence, ok?"
The Trump mob does not obey; they start to push through. For a moment, a few officers try to bar the way.
Then a rioter chastises a cop: "I would just stop, bro, dude, you're not helping... you're going to get me hurt and other people."
Then it appears police let them through.
While securing permission to move further into the Capitol, one rioter tells the Capitol police standing in the way:
"That's what I'm trying to tell you... you've got to stand down. The people out there that tried to do that, they got hurt, I saw it."
One officer pleads with the mob to calm down, telling a rioter, "The military is on the way... If I was you guys, I would leave."
The rioter scoffs. "They're not going to shoot anybody, they're not."
Shortly after that exchange, the police give them permission to go further in.
A couple hallways later, the mob is blocked at another door. This time, police shut themselves inside, and the mob debates using their crowbar to bust in the windows.
One says: "Somebody have music? Wouldn't it be fire if someone had a boombox, revolutionary music and shit?
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If Trump were remaining in power, this wouldn't change anything for Trump's enablers. They'd make the same clucking noises they made after Charlottesville, and then continue on by Trump's side exactly as they had before.
Even now, Republicans are pointedly refusing to break with Trump, or even blame him for what happened, let alone condemn him. The exceptions to this are so few they hardly exist – the VT governor, Romney, Sasse, that Illinois Rep who is basically Amash-lite, maybe 1 or 2 more?
Some condemn "the violence" and "the lawlessness," and give passionate defenses of the Electoral College while noting that without it Republicans may never win the presidency again. The truly bold among them may venture to say that Trump's comments "aren't helpful."
May this be the last Trump rally I ever watch, but one last time, here we go.
Trump begins his griping right from the get-go: "I told Kelly, if you lose, you lose, and that's acceptable. But when you win in a landslide and they steal it, that's unacceptable."
Trump, after heaping some fawning praise on his VP: "I hope Mike Pence comes through for us. Of course, if he doesn't come through with us, I won't like him quite as much."
He screwed up earlier and used the word "Democratic" in its correct grammatical context, so he's having an off night.
All right, let's do this. I'm watching Fox tonight. For old time's sake.
Tucker is on with @JennaEllisEsq. Only caught the end of it, but the discussion is very abstract, with generic invocations of transparency and right to vote, etc. Very detached air to the whole exchange.
My Pillow commercial, drink.
"We still have a path to victory," Tucker's subdued next guest insists. He then complains about the failure of a judge to recognize the Trump campaign's "right" to view various election activities.