Capitol placed on lockdown, buildings evacuated
amid protests
The Hill,
by
Zack Budryk *
Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought,
1/6/2021 3:18:01 PM
The U.S. Capitol Police on Wednesday locked down the Capitol building and evacuated multiple congressional buildings amid increasingly violent protests outside.
Buildings being evacuated included the Library of Congress's Madison Building across from the Capitol as well as the Cannon House office building. In an alert sent to Hill staffers, police ordered occupants of the Madison building to "move in a safe manner to the exits" and "close doors behind you but do not lock."
Capitol police also told those in the Cannon House building to "take visitors, escape hoods, and Go Kits"
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Trump'sCousin 1/6/2021 3:22:08 PM (No. 650658)
The elites justified, sanctioned and encouraged rioting lootin burning rape and murder all summer.
Now they get a taste and its calls for calm and good behavior. Screw them
43 people like this.
Reply 2 - Posted by:
anniebc 1/6/2021 3:22:25 PM (No. 650659)
So, now that we are officially a lawless country, President Trump has occupancy rights. What's that thing about possession is 9/10s of the law? President Trump doesn't have to leave the WH or the presidency; he can declare himself President, just like the left has declared the basement freak president. Why not? Lawlessness reigns. Leftists have demonstrated that you have to tear stuff up in order to rebuild.
18 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
Catherine 1/6/2021 3:23:16 PM (No. 650662)
But, but they have the right to protest, right? They aren't burning anything or attacking law enforcement, are they? I see our so called leaders made sure to run and hide and have hundreds of police protecting them against the peaceful protesters. At least they stopped the count for a while. That's something.
24 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
ldb51 1/6/2021 3:27:49 PM (No. 650664)
I keep hearing phone calls from inside the Capitol building (e.g., McCarthy with Fox reporter), where the congress critters appear to be under the impression that violence and mayhem is occurring outside...? Can no one tell them that as far as we can see, nothing of the sort is happening? Protestors seem to be standing around, albeit in "forbidden" areas. Can't tell what is going on inside, of course.
8 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
judy 1/6/2021 3:29:44 PM (No. 650666)
The fake media is dishonest....
15 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
Strike3 1/6/2021 3:29:47 PM (No. 650667)
Ten months of "mostly peaceful" looting and burning was condoned by the Left. Now they see a taste of what potentially happens when citizens do what their government won't do, uphold and defend the Constitution! I was looking forward to this day and it could be the second shot heard around the world. (figuratively of course) The talking heads on the news are peeing their pants.
24 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
ldb51 1/6/2021 3:34:14 PM (No. 650673)
Amen, and Chris Wallace is leading the pack.
14 people like this.
In Seattle they tell the police to stand down when people are really angry.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Daisymay 1/6/2021 3:38:01 PM (No. 650679)
WOW! I wonder how many of our Ldotters are in that crowd! Hopefully, we will get a first hand accounting of how things went down tomorrow! I think the moment everyone heard that Pence put out the message that he was not going to stop any electors from being certified, THAT was the moment everyone started to head to the Capitol! It's like they said "I've had it"! Thousands of them! I think they want to show McConnell and Pence what they think of how they handled things. Pence might think he's got a future in Politics, but IMHO he through! Not one single Trump Supporter would vote for him! I'm not sure if he lost his courage, or someone threatened his family or what happened to him, but he sure stuck it to the man who chose him to be his "Best Man" so to speak! Shame on him!
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 1/6/2021 3:39:37 PM (No. 650680)
It's bad, and this is just the beginning. May God have mercy on our nation.
22 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
Trump'sCousin 1/6/2021 3:40:54 PM (No. 650683)
American Patriots to facists...
"Hold my beer"
13 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
Corndoggies 1/6/2021 3:42:45 PM (No. 650684)
Don’t bother with Newsmax coverage. What a bunch of pansies. Saying there will be “consequences” for President Trump for not telling g people to go home. I don’t even know if Trump can stop this now...the fuse has been lit
21 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
jinx 1/6/2021 3:43:02 PM (No. 650686)
I never heard any of these Congresspeople calling for Antifa or BLM to stop the riots, burning, and threats against people in the cities where they burned down businesses and used guns to threaten the protestors. No, they called it peacefull protests. I just hope no one gets hurt. They keep talking about it being an attack on our democracy; no, it is an attack on our election being stolen by Socialists who hate our Republic.
18 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
udanja99 1/6/2021 3:44:56 PM (No. 650688)
I’m watching on Newsmax and it feels like it felt in 1989 watching the German people tear down the Berlin Wall.
13 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
montwoodcliff 1/6/2021 3:45:18 PM (No. 650689)
This is a warning to the Left. We are not going to tolerate their craziness. And what is galling me right now is that there is being said "violence". I guess I can't believe my lying eyes. I do wish all these holier than thou Reps and commentators saying "this is not who we are" and "We are all Americans", and "we must unite!" Where were they when Antifa (only an idea, you know) rioted in D.C., Portland and Seattle with"mostly peaceful" protests? From the movie, "I'm tired as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore!"
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
66Strat 1/6/2021 3:46:57 PM (No. 650691)
If BLM did this major corporations would be lining up to contribute billions.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
janjan 1/6/2021 3:47:57 PM (No. 650692)
Americans were pushed to this by both parties. They have it coming and it's been coming for a long time. How long did they think we would stay silent and take whatever they care to dish out? This election was the culmination of years of abuse by a corrupt government who feel they are entitled to rule and to ignore the will of the people. I don't wish for anyone to be harmed or injured but I could not care less about the bed wetting going on with the media and our politicians. Their pathetic whining about the Constitution is now irrelevant. When they had the chance to protect it they didn't bother.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Heraclitus 1/6/2021 3:49:59 PM (No. 650693)
I hope no firearms are involved. Those anti-Second Amendment folks don't need more "ammo" for their plans to eradicate the 2nd. oh heck, why not the whole Bill of Rights!?!?
I hope Trump supporters are NOT committing violence. We do not need this. And frankly, I believe that the troublemakers are most likely leftwing agitators, this is what they do. We do not need this stupidity by ANYONE.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
earlybird 1/6/2021 3:50:32 PM (No. 650694)
CSpan, The Hill and Roll Call have gone nuts. Andy McCarthy on Fox, ditto. Some pearls will have their lustre rubbed off, knotted knickers will have to be discarded.
The Blaze’s reporter said someone had been shot; Fox TV confirming. Not a word of it anywhere else. Not even at Fox News online.
Where were all these sob sisters when Antifa and BLM were destroying our cities…?
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
udanja99 1/6/2021 3:54:35 PM (No. 650701)
#19, I’m watching on Newsmax and the only people I have seen with guns are capitol security. They may have shot a couple of unarmed protestors. If that turns out to be the case will the left protest it? Of course not. They only protest when law enforcement shoot black thugs.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
justavoter 1/6/2021 3:55:07 PM (No. 650702)
NO! The President should say the people have a right for redress and encourage more patriots to come to Washington and every capital in the US!
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
zoidberg 1/6/2021 3:56:03 PM (No. 650707)
The barbarians have breached the gates.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
DVC 1/6/2021 3:59:11 PM (No. 650714)
And Mike Pence says:
"The violence and destruction taking place at the US Capitol Must Stop and it Must Stop Now. Anyone involved must respect Law Enforcement officers and immediately leave the building."
Mike, you still don't get it, do you? This is JUST STARTING. We are DONE with the corruptocrats, and we are done being lied to and our country stolen. This is going to get very ugly, and things will get far out of hand. I'm still looking for a leader and a rally point.
21 people like this.
Reply 24 - Posted by:
Corndoggies 1/6/2021 4:00:11 PM (No. 650716)
I need permission from #17, Jan Jan, to post on my Facebook page. I won’t do it till you say it’s ok and I’ll do a screenshot so people know i didn’t write it. It’s perfect!!!!
3 people like this.
Reply 25 - Posted by:
rochow 1/6/2021 4:00:34 PM (No. 650718)
There had to be lousy 'security' if a handful of protesters could breach the building. As to the shootings, 2, perhaps an overzealous guard shot someone. Furthermore, DO NOT let this be pinned on peaceful Trump protesters. I have a feeling that some Soros thugs are behind the 'violence' on the inside. It was organized that way to dirty the president's marches. They have infiltrated our protests more than once. Of course, alphabet soup media will never report facts. That's why that Bow wow @itch, otherwise known as the 'mayor' called for the National Guard when this cow has no right to do so. Well, she studied basket weaving when she was in some dinky college. She knew what was going to happen and to blow it up even more and make it an anti Trump spectacle she did her commie duty!!!
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
DVC 1/6/2021 4:00:41 PM (No. 650719)
The time for peaceful protests has passed.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
TrueBlueWfan 1/6/2021 4:02:03 PM (No. 650723)
Is not the Capitol Bldg. The People's House? We own it! How can they keep the public out?
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
janjan 1/6/2021 4:08:27 PM (No. 650730)
#24 Go for it
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
DVC 1/6/2021 4:09:42 PM (No. 650732)
It started the first time with the Boston Massacre, when British soldiers shot Americans who were 'causing trouble'. So, now is history repeating itself? People "causing trouble" in the Capitol shot?
Next will they attempt to take away our firearms as they did when marching on Lexington and Concord? That's where we first fought back.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
Jethro bo 1/6/2021 4:13:46 PM (No. 650736)
Not to worry. Our new Commander in Theif, Hidin' Biden, will bring us all together in one harmonious Kumbaya moment. The Dems want violence and anarchy and now will reap the whirlwind they started.
5 people like this.
Reply 31 - Posted by:
deerejon 1/6/2021 4:13:51 PM (No. 650737)
There is a lot of pee d-off people in america.that's what happens when you screw with our elections.take note Politicians...
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
Newtsche 1/6/2021 4:15:50 PM (No. 650739)
It's an effin' vigil.
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John Roberts, any comment?
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
DVC 1/6/2021 4:20:39 PM (No. 650745)
According to one report, on The Blaze:
"a paper notice found in the National Mall indicated that "a national militia" was being organized to "defend the Constitution and the Republic."
OK, this sounds like good news. The old story is that our Founding Fathers left us four boxes, to be used in order. The soap box, the ballot box, the jury box and the ammo box. I think we are getting really close to only one box left.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
ldb51 1/6/2021 4:21:43 PM (No. 650746)
I'm watching Biden chatter away on Fox. I have no sympathy for him or his people. I am sickened when he talks about decency, patriotism, tolerance and rule of law. He may end up inciting things to get worse, because he and the other Democrat fools don't even see they are the source of the trouble, based on far more than their last four years of filth and nonsense.
Unfortunately, I fear that the mixture of Leftists in the crowd is going to lead to serious trouble. Confrontation with Nat'l Guard or police may be inevitable, but they need to understand that these protestors may not respond in the same way as the brick-and-run Antifa thugs.
Juan Williams chirping in shock and offense makes me physically ill.
7 people like this.
Reply 36 - Posted by:
DVC 1/6/2021 4:22:43 PM (No. 650747)
#32, you just don't get it, do you? Either fight back against these corrupt pukes or watch the country go down the tubes.
These ARE patriots, just like the folks harassing the British troops in the streets of Boston in 1770 were patriots, too.
11 people like this.
Reply 37 - Posted by:
TrueBlueWfan 1/6/2021 4:25:23 PM (No. 650751)
#36 Stop watching FOX! They are the enemy too.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
DVC 1/6/2021 4:32:30 PM (No. 650759)
Tasteless Reply removed by Staff out of respect for the victim and her family. We would hope for more common sense from our members.
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
OhioNick 1/6/2021 4:36:33 PM (No. 650761)
It's a shame that the American Patriots didn't also storm the headquarters of the New York Times, the Washington Post, CNN, CBS, ABC, NBC and MSNBC. They're as much to blame for the election theft as the six Cheater States.
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
ldb51 1/6/2021 4:43:51 PM (No. 650769)
The fringe off-screen escalations around this protest really bother me. Especially with the Georgia situation - they just called it a two-fer for the Dems. I smell a false flag situation, and now the Dems may have the power AND public backing to get more extreme with their crack-down plans.
3 people like this.
Reply 41 - Posted by:
DonQuijote 1/6/2021 4:56:43 PM (No. 650789)
I was there! I feel like I made history today!
5 people like this.
Reply 42 - Posted by:
Tanker76 1/6/2021 5:27:35 PM (No. 650853)
I agree # 47, been saying all day long that these clowns like mccarthy sound like what I surmise the tories were yammering back in 1775. And our resident tech expert just doesn't get it - the time for politeness is over. Apparently some folks forget the violence that accompanied the founding of our country.
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
ldb51 1/6/2021 5:36:48 PM (No. 650871)
Now talking about the lack of preparation and pre-emptive action by LE. Almost like DC was laying back for the day. Possible Reichstag moment?
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Reply 44 - Posted by:
ldb51 1/6/2021 7:02:16 PM (No. 651022)
Now reporting that the electoral vote challenges may be withdrawn to rescue respective Republican political bu--s. This scenario seems to be working out well for the Dems. Someone even mentioned Pelosi as Pres if they don't get it ironed out this week.
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