Pictures: Trump supporters storm US Capitol in protest of election certification

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Pictures: Trump supporters storm US Capitol in protest of election certification

Trump supporters stormed america Capitol on Wednesday, forcing their means inside and interrupting Congress’s certification of electoral votes.


Trump supporters stormed america Capitol on Wednesday, forcing their means inside and interrupting Congress’s certification of electoral votes.

What is occurring within the halls of Congress proper now’s stunning. Trump backers, pushed by a baseless conspiracy concept fomented by the president himself, have stopped the functioning of presidency and the traditional processes of the peaceable transition of energy.

Earlier within the day, hundreds attended a “Save America Rally,” the place the president lied, once more, that he, not Joe Biden, had gained the 2020 election. He urged attendees to take their grievances to Capitol Hill.

Now chaos and confusion have overtaken the halls of Congress. Home and Senate members are sheltering in place. Rioters broke into congressional places of work, together with that of Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Secret Service brokers whisked Vice President Mike Pence, who was presiding over Congress, out of the chamber. There was an armed standoff on the ground of the Home of Representatives.

This story is quickly growing, and new photographs and movies proceed to emerge. However the second that Donald Trump spent 4 years making is right here.

Trump supporters attempt to tear by a police barrier on the Capitol in Washington. Wednesday afternoon, Congress debated certification of electoral votes within the presidential election, earlier than the clashes prompted a halt to the proceedings.
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Trump supporters face off with police.
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Police maintain again supporters of President Trump as they collect outdoors the US Capitol’s Rotunda.
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Trump supporters and police face off outdoors the US Capitol.
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A rioter sprayed gasoline outdoors the Capitol.
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Insurrectionists try and enter the Capitol.
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A mob contained in the Capitol’s Rotunda.
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A Trump supporter holds a Trump flag contained in the Capitol close to the Senate chamber.
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Trump supporters stand contained in the US Capitol.
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A Capitol police officer wears a gasoline masks as supporters of President Trump enter the constructing.
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Tear gasoline fills the corridors of the US Capitol.
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A professional-Trump supporter posing for a photograph contained in the Capitol.
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US Capitol law enforcement officials level their weapons at a door that was vandalized within the Home chamber. There have been reviews across the Capitol of potential explosive units after the constructing was stormed.
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Police with weapons drawn watch as protesters attempt to break into the Home chamber.
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Rep. Lou Correa (D-CA) and different members of Congress take cowl as protesters disrupt the joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral School vote.
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Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) and different members take cowl as rioters disrupt the joint session of Congress.
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An insurrectionist sits on the head of the Senate chamber.
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An insurrectionist hangs from the balcony within the Senate chamber.
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Insurrectionists enter the Senate chamber.
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A supporter of President Trump sits at a desk after invading the Capitol.
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Insurrectionists enter the Senate chamber.
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Members of Congress evacuate the Home chamber as rioters try and enter.
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A mob make triumphant gestures as they pause on the Capitol steps.
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No less than one particular person was shot as Trump supporters swarmed the Capitol constructing, disrupting Joe Biden’s certification as president.
John Minchillo/AP





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