Pro-Trump Protestor Storms Into US Capitol and Breaked into the U.S Senate Chamber with Police Draw Guns To Declare Curfew
The protestors group belongs to Pro-Trump has broke into the U.S Senate Chamber in the early hours of 7 January to interrupt the counting of Electoral College Votes of the 2020 U.S. elections. As Vice President Mike Pence were forced to evacuate from the Senate floor and the Mayor of DC declared a 6pm curfew as a few protestors, with some carrying Trump and Confederacy flags, broke through multiple layer of security around the Capitol.
WATCH: @CBSNews‘ @nancycordes reports as protesters and police clash in the crypt of the U.S. #Capitol as lawmakers are evacuated for safety. pic.twitter.com/eMksv5wFI8
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) January 6, 2021
According to the Washington Post, some protestors had earlier attended a rally by President Donald Trump, where he has baselessly claimed that there was thief involved, and he would not be conceding the election which in the results of some protestor left the site of the rally and began marching on the Capitol. Some protestors even hammered the doors leading to the White Chamber while the politician and journalist inside sheltered in place. As guns were also drawn by Capitol policemen guarding the barricaded doors.
