Share this page!

Rep. Don Beyer Profile picture
Twitter logo
6 Jan, 32 tweets, 13 min read
Sent at 8:30 a.m. on January 6th, 2021
10:43 a.m. on January 6th, 2021
January 6, 2021 -- midday:
12:17 p.m. on January 6th, 2021.

In one of the final lines in this speech, Donald Trump said: "we're going to the Capitol."
1:25 p.m. on January 6th, 2021.
Between 1:30 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. on January 6th, 2021, @MayorBowser and @CapitolPolice began making a series of urgent requests for backup from the National Guard. Three crucial hours elapse before Administration officials authorize deployment.
@MayorBowser @CapitolPolice 2:11 p.m. on January 6th, 2021
At 2:14 p.m. on January 6th, 2021, U.S. Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman risked his life to lead insurrectionists who had breached the Capitol away from evacuating Senators.
2:18 p.m. on January 6th, 2021
2:24 p.m. on January 6, 2021
2:31 p.m. on January 6, 2021
January 6, 2021, at 2:44 p.m. -- shots fired just outside the House Chamber. Hear what it sounded like from the point of view of the Members of Congress in the House Gallery:
Video of those shots being fired is here. Warning: it is graphic and disturbing.
2:47 p.m., January 6th, 2021
Shortly before 3:00 p.m. on January 6th, 2021, @GovernorVA received an urgent call for help from @SpeakerPelosi. The Governor swiftly ordered deployment of Virginia State Police and National Guard. @FairfaxCountyPD and @ArlingtonVaPD were there too.
@GovernorVA @SpeakerPelosi @FairfaxCountyPD @ArlingtonVaPD Soon after 3:00 p.m. on January 6, 2021: @DCPoliceDept Officer Daniel Hodges, part of the police force defending a position on the West Terrace, is crushed in a door as insurrectionists attempt to breach the Capitol.
Hodges' fellow MPD Officer Michael Fanone was dragged out into the crowd, where he was tazed, beaten, and suffered a heart attack. Fanone, my constituent, later told me he believed in that moment that he would die.

The clock on his body cam reads 3:19 pm.
Mid-afternoon, January 6, 2021: staffers for @SpeakerPelosi take shelter in a conference room in the Capitol, barricading the door and hiding under the table for over two hours.

Security camera footage shows how close this was:
3:36 p.m., January 6th, 2021:
Shortly before 4:00 p.m. on January 6, 2021
4:13 p.m. on January 6th, 2021 -- an indication that close associates of President Trump are in direct communication with the insurrectionists inside the Capitol at that time
4:17 p.m. on January 6th, 2021: President Trump posts a taped video telling people to "go home" but repeating the stolen election lie
The first National Guard troops finally arrived at the Capitol at 5:20 p.m. Over three hours had elapsed since the first urgent requests for backup from @MayorBowser and the Capitol Police:
6:01 p.m. on January 6th, 2021— Donald Trump posts another message on social media saying “these are the things and events that happen”
Shortly after 6:30 p.m. on January 6th, 2021, @SpeakerPelosi informs Members of the House that they will return later that night to finish certifying the presidential election returns once the House Chamber has been secured and cleared.
9:03 p.m., January 6th, 2021: the House resumes the process of certifying the election returns.
Shortly before 10 p.m. USCP Officer Brian Sicknick collapsed. Sicknick was sprayed in the face with chemical spray earlier that day while defending the Capitol. He passed away the next day; the DC medical examiner said two strokes were the cause of death.
10:27 p.m., January 6th, 2021: Congress votes on an objection by Paul Gozar and Ted Cruz to certifying Arizona's electoral votes

147 Republicans - 8 Senators and 139 Representatives - vote against certifying electoral votes of Arizona and/or Pennsylvania.
Sometime after 2:00 a.m., January 7th, 2021: @AndyKimNJ is photographed helping clean up the mess in the Capitol Rotunda. He later donated the suit he wore that night to the Smithsonian.
2:30 a.m., January 7th, 2021: @RepRaskin delivers the closing argument against overturning the results of the presidential election, the final moments of Congress' floor debate on the certification of the 2020 presidential election results.
3:40 a.m., January 7th, 2021 -- Congress officially certifies that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have been elected President and Vice President, and will be duly inaugurated and sworn into office on January 20th.

Democracy prevails.

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
　

Keep Current with Rep. Don Beyer

Rep. Don Beyer Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @RepDonBeyer

Rep. Don Beyer Profile picture
7 Jan
Two tweets from @GOP about an identical 3.9% unemployment rate. ImageImage
Two tweets from @GOPChairwoman about an identical 3.9% unemployment rate. ImageImage
Two tweets from @GOPLeader about an identical 3.9% unemployment rate. ImageImage
Read 7 tweets
Rep. Don Beyer Profile picture
7 Jan
The U.S. economy has added 6.4 million jobs in the first year of @POTUS' term (with time still to go).

The last three GOP presidents saw 1.9 million (Bush 41), 1.4 million (Bush 43), and –3 million (Trump) total jobs added during their entire presidencies
fred.stlouisfed.org/series/PAYEMS
Under President Biden's leadership the U.S. economy has seen THREE TIMES times as many jobs created in a single year as were created under the past three Republican presidents *put together* across sixteen years.
Republican presidents have served 10 four-year terms since the Bureau of Labor Statistics began publishing employment situation reports.

Only one of those four-year terms saw more jobs created than the 6.4 million we've added since @POTUS took office less than one year ago.
Read 5 tweets
Rep. Don Beyer Profile picture
7 Jan
One year ago today insurrectionists launched a violent assault on the home of American democracy. My statement: beyer.house.gov/news/documents… ImageImage
The crowd that attacked the Capitol included white supremacists and violent rightwing paramilitary groups. They constructed a gallows, and called for the assassination of the Vice President and the Speaker of the House.
Incited by the Big Lie of a lawless President bent on retaining power at any cost –a fact we know is true because the insurrectionists themselves repeatedly said it– they hoped to halt the peaceful transfer of power and overturn the results of an American election.

They failed.
Read 11 tweets
Rep. Don Beyer Profile picture
5 Jan
I understand Governor-elect intends to appoint former coal lobbyist and Trump EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler to serve as Virginia's next Secretary of Natural Resources.

Wheeler is one of the worst people the Governor-elect could have chosen for this job.
Andrew Wheeler is not who you get to show you are going to govern in a pragmatic way based on the common good and bipartisan consensus.

He's an anti-environment ideologue.
Wheeler implemented an EPA dirty air rule his own agency said would cause *1,400 deaths* and breathing problems in thousands of people, many of them children.

Confronted with the projected toll, he ordered the agency to change how it did the math to produce a lower number.
Read 6 tweets
Rep. Don Beyer Profile picture
4 Jan
As we approach the anniversary of the January 6th attack on the Capitol, House Republicans are doing what they did from the moment the attack began: lie about it.

Why are they lying? We all know.

These lies were factchecked and found false apnews.com/article/fact-c… again and- 1/ ImageImage
Again factcheck.org/2021/07/republ… and- 2/
Again nytimes.com/2021/07/27/us/… and- 3/
Read 6 tweets
Rep. Don Beyer Profile picture
23 Dec 21
Ok everyone: here are twelve pieces of good economic news worth highlighting. We considered presenting these in a "Twelve Days of Christmas" format, but decided to spare you the extended dad joke and just focus on the positive economic news. Hope these will bring holiday cheer!
1: Christmas gifts are arriving ON TIME.
nytimes.com/2021/12/22/bus…
2: USPS Does Not Expect Any Delays As Shipping Deadline Approaches (a major concern my constituents have brought up many times) foxbusiness.com/features/usps-…
Read 14 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

Like this author's thread?

Get emails when @RepDonBeyer has new unrolls!

Check out other threads from @RepDonBeyer!

Read all threads by @RepDonBeyer

:(