Trump supporters have assaulted the capitol building in Washington and disrupted the counting of the electoral college votes.
The count was interrupted by Republicans objecting to the Arizona votes when things went to hell.
In response to a plea to tell his supporters to stand down Trump sent out a tweet in which he repeated his ridiculous claims about the election being stolen and him winning by a landslide. Twitter has taken down the tweet and suspended Trump's account at least temporarily.
Vice President Pence and congress were escorted to a safe area. DC police were shown in hand to hand fighting with demonstrators in the crypt below the capitol. Protestors broke windows and invaded congressional offices.
One woman has been killed. A handful of other protestors have been injured.
There was a report that reporters were assaulted and their equipment destroyed.
The National Association of Manufacturers released a statement supporting a move to remove Trump from office.
"Vice President Pence, who was evacuated from the Capitol, should seriously consider working with the Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment to preserve democracy"
National Guard units and police from Virginia and Maryland have been dispatched to reinforce DC and Metro police.
The police have now secured the capitol building and moved demonstrators away.
Several statements, one from the National Security Advisor and one from the acting Defense Secretary, indicate that Mike Pence is making executive decisions. I don't know if that is meaningful or not.
Congress is expected to reconvene at about 8 PM. Whether the idiots who thought objecting to the electoral votes was a good idea will continue to do so is unknown. My hope is they will take the position that their concerns have been heard by objecting to the Arizona votes and stop the nonsense. But I suspect they'll do no such thing and will continue to object.
I saw a report that the Dems might try to impeach Trump again. I'm not clear what that would accomplish.
Hopefully every one of these assholes caught on video and in photos will be identified, arrested and prosecuted.
The National Association of Manufacturers released a statement supporting a move to remove Trump from office. "Vice President Pence, who was evacuated from the Capitol, should seriously consider working with the Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment to preserve democracy," the organization said in its statement.
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