Talk About Tennis 2.0

They are trying to overthrow the government. They probably feel righteous and like martyrs, like the actual protesters for freedom and democracy, in Belarus, Hong Kong, Turkey, Ukraine, etc. Ugh.

Daniel Marans
@danielmarans
Wow, they just cut off the Senate debate to evacuate everyone. An aide picked up on a mic says, "Protesters are in the building."

Matt Fuller @MEPFuller
House is now back in session.

You know, the chamber is supposedly hermetically sealed for exactly these types of situations. Members aren't supposed to be able to tell what's going on outside, or even what time of day it is.

Donald Trump Jr.
@DonaldJTrumpJr
This is wrong and not who we are. Be peaceful and use your 1st Amendment rights, but don’t start acting like the other side. We have a country to save and this doesn’t help anyone.

Irony is indeed dead.

Clint Watts
@selectedwisdom
Let's compare this to the federal response to protests at a federal courthouse in Portland. Why are there not legions of national guard, pepper spray, guys beating people with sticks at the U.S. Capital as property is damaged, violence is threatened?

Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg
In antiwar protests during Nixon era, hundreds of 82nd Airborne troops were kept in the White House cafeteria as a final line of defense. How is the Capitol so undefended and so unprepared for this totally expected and anticipated violence?

Clint Watts @selectedwisdom
Absolutely baffling, we had helicopters buzzing during protests this summer...

Zeke Miller @ZekeJMiller

WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of Congress inside House chamber told by police to put on gas masks after tear gas dispersed in Capitol Rotunda.

They just now asked for the National Guard?!
And the request has to go up the chain of command at the DoD?