The ‘Loser’s Rally!
A permit issued by the National Park Service this week indicates organizers expect about 30,000 people to attend. Trump — who lost the popular and electoral college vote — continues to dispute the results, without evidence, and has encouraged his supporters to attend the rallies in the nation’s capital. D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) asked residents to stay away.
Trump took the stage about noon after praising those on Twitter in recent days who were echoing his inaccurate version of events….
image…Reuters
Trump is going on attacking the Cheneys now. As a birthday gift to Keith, he is going to call for Dick Cheney to be executed as a war criminal.
He is whining more in this speech how his loss was everyone’s fault but his than Hillary did in her book about the prior election.
He has lost his own crowd with his rantings. People are walking around and trying to leave.
Hundreds of Trump hoodlums have breached the barriers around the Capitol.
Law enforcement should treat them with the same force that these people want to see used against Antifa.
Law and Order for all
This is a proud day for Vladimir Putin.
That is the worst part of this.
The US Capital is being evacuated….
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Talking Points Memo
@TPM
Two Capitol Complex Buildings Evacuated As Trump Supporters Storm Capitol Grounds https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/two-capitol-complex-buildings-evacuated-as-trump-supporters-storm-capitol-grounds
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Rep. Nancy Mace
@RepNancyMace
Just evacuated my office in Cannon due to a nearby threat. Now we’re seeing protesters assaulting Capitol Police.
This is wrong. This is not who we are. I’m heartbroken for our nation today.
Protestors have got on to the House floor which has been evacuated….
Capitol Police have called for assistance from the DC Poilce and the Feds….
Trump’s efforts to disrupt the process has worked…
Embarrassing…
Cruz and his cronies will probably hail this as the voice of the people or some other faux patriotic garbage.
Despicable is too nice a word fir this gang.
Cruz and his ilk are probably as scared as anybody else. They didn’t expect this. Trump is the one who wants the world to burn down at his feet.
American has descended into the toilet…
The Capital needs to cleared and above ALL…
The acceptance of the Biden electoral vote MUST BE CARRIED OUT WITHOUT DELAY…
I do not know when they will get back to that, it will be a delay now, but nobody is really going to be paying attention to the “objections” anymore, if the clowns still want to go through with that circus.
Reportedly Mitt Romney yelled at Ted Cruz “this is what you’ve gotten” as he was evacuated from the Senate chamber.
When they make the miniseries about this, I wonder who will play whom.
The Emperor has NO clothes…..
Gonna be a rough time when the Pixie dust wears off for millions and realize they’ve been ‘had’….
I’m sorry….
But ‘told ya so’….
The asshole isn’t a Republican….
He isn’t a Democrat…
He’s just about HIMSELF.…
Always Was….
Always WILL BE.….
Agree with that, I have always said the same as well, but the end result of the Trum Era….
Democrats end it with far more power than they had before it
He is the best gift they could have ever had.
Jake Tapper
Former Trump campaign adviser texts me: “This is bat shit crazy. He has f’d the part for years.”
Mitch McConnell is speaking on the Senate floor and delivering his breakup speech with Trump.
It’s long overdue. Let the political Civil War begin in earnest and may the good guys win.
Apparently Mitt Romney was accosted before and during his flight to Washington with cries of “traitor “ by some self described “patriots.”
I saw the video of a woman yelling at him at the airport. He insisted she put her mask on, and then was incredibly polite, as he always is.
There were others on the plane yelling at him.
“Patriots” all!
Lauren Boebert is all kinds of crazy.
MSNBC is gushing over Mitch McConnell
This is all going on at Capitol Hill right now on the same day that Iran is threatening to fly a plane into the Capitol.
Which is solely for Iranian domestic consumption
Congress is in recess as the chambers are locked-down.
Disgraceful.
Instead of any word asking for his supporters, whom he asked to march to the Capitol and claimed he would be going with them, to disperse or remain peaceful, Trump is now attacking Pence on Twitter.
If there was ever a time for the 25th Amendment…
(of course that would make the rioters even crazier)
How are they going to get this under control or stop the throngs from physically reaching Members of Congress or the current Vice President himself?
Concerns about bombs also.
Trump said it was going to be “wild.”
What I’m seeing is what I’ve always seen at any Trump event…
White Trash
The trash are roaming unmolested through the Capitol.
Send Cruz ,Hawley and the others supporting this garbage out to talk to there “constituents.”
Lawmakers are being told to take cover in the chambers under desks.
Wonder if they would let BLM or Antifa protestors roam around like this?
You know the answer to that Jack. This demonstration brought to you courtesy of the Republican Party and the lies folks like Cruz and Scalise told today. The rally was designed to get this response.
As a former House employee I will tell you the Capitol Police will respond with force if they need to. They are now handing out gas masks in the House Chamber. Now Trump is trying to distance himself from this, but by tomorrow he will be bragging about it.
Pence has been evacuated from the Capitol which is clearly necessary, but the amazing irony is that his life is now in danger because of people who believe an election was stolen from *him* and his boss and ticket mate is likely enjoying the spectacle and the terror that is being caused.
Why didn’t Pence go out and calm the crowd?
They’re his people.
Not anymore they aren’t.
These entire five years is crazier than a Hollywood miniseries.
I hope they got Mitt out
Well, maybe Cruz?
This could be his big moment!
Seize the mantle Ted!
MAGA awaits you!
Pentagon refused the National Guard request. Really?
Do we need anymore evidence that Trump will burn the place down to get what he wants?
Yet, the majority of the House Republicans were ready to parrot his lies.
Still are.
This won’t change anything.
Why won’t they send in the NG?
You know why, the Republicans still control the Pentagon. They were very happy to beat and gas BLM protesters this past summer.
Unverified reports that someone was shot in the Capitol.
These thugs were hanging from the walls of the Senate Chamber.
How could they not have been prepared?
Can one imagine what would be happening if this was BLM occupying the Capitol?
Trump just ordered the National Guard.
I guess he had his fun watching this on tv. Now, he may get to enjoy watching his own supporters, whom he secretly despises get their skulls bashed in.
Anybody dumb enough to follow a gangster like Trump deserves anything that happens to them.
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is dispatching a contingent of National Guard to the Capital.
Let’s be clear that a distinction needs to be drawn between the terroristic throng that assembled in a non-peaceful way tv and the 74 million Americans that voted for Trump.
There must be a distinction.
Nobody who posts here voted for Trump.
The Mayor and Speaker have asked the Pentagon to send in the National Guard and it appears that the Pentagon is dragging its feet on this. This is a terrible failure and protestors are now on the House floor. They have compromised the security of the building and you know that they are armed. They need to retake the inside of the building. The DC riot police have arrived. The Trump legacy.
From Mary Trump
This is down to Donald and every one of his racist, traitorous enablers from McConnell on down. None of them should be allowed to hold power again. They ALL need to be held accountable, through removal from office or imprisonment. We cannot fuck around and let any of this stand.
The military does NOT want any part of cracy heads of fellow Americans….
I do believe that a contigent of National Huard troops are responding
Let’s be sure not to defund the Capitol Hill police or any other police force in America that is necessary to maintain peace.
Yeah that’s the big issue this afternoon.
Anything to deflect from the fact that this was brought to us by the GOP.
Anything.
Yeah I know.
Sad.
We see the need for law enforcement when you have riots or terrorist actions. I do not think you actually disagree.
If the crowd was black it would be a different story i’d rhink…
The Virginia Gov has dispatched National Guard Troops to rhe Nation’s Capital…
One person has been shot by law enforcement at the capital according to reports…
Also Capital police are now doing a mop up operation in the Senate side of the building
A possible explosive device has be discovered at the scene it is reported…
Pelosi and Schumer has told Trump to tell gis supporters to leave the area…
Some cops are in video’s doing selfies and should be fired…
I am glad the Pentagon is NOT sending combat troops…
This is a National Guard mission..
Should be a LOT of people arrested?
Biden is speaking to the country and asks Trump to help getting a handle on things…
‘Enough is Enough…Is Enough’….
Maggie Haberman
The protesters didn’t hang a US flag from the Capitol balcony. They hung a Trump flag.
John Sciutto
Domestic terrorism:
At least two suspected pipe bombs have been rendered safe by law enforcement, one at a building that houses RNC offices and one in the US Capitol complex, a federal law enforcement official tells CNN
Following the Biden address Trump tells the crowds ‘to go home’….
How about Mitch and McCarthy?
What are they saying?
To think we actually got through Election Night/Week fairly peacefully.
All it took was Trump going to a rally and inciting them as an act of final desperation and the temper tantrum of losing.
Sad and pathetic!
No one disagrees with that CG, but I have my own gripes with police…of course they are needed to ensure safety and public order in times like this, but they have also acted irresponsibly at times and over authoritarian at times and must be held accountable for that…Also the situations they are put in at times are untenable and need more support…I would support a refund//reform the police more so than that idiotic defund the police toxic political garbage…but, my biggest gripe is the County I live in the Police are the most overpaid c$%$suckers in the world…most of them retire making over 125K a year on a pension and during their work years can easily top 250K a year. I know police work is hard, but in Nassau County it ain’t that hard…if you told me NYPD officer who works in Brownsville made that, I would totally understand, but cruising around the south shore of Long Island making 250K…that is when I support defunding the police…these asses got a contract that offered them at 25 percent pay raise in 8 years and 3K a year to wear body cams and they rejected it..fuck them…
I was under the impression you were a cop. Maybe that was someone else.
I am a Probation Officer, don’t get paid close to what the cops get…so there might be a bitterness there cause we go into the same dangerous situations often times by ourselves or with one other worker…but with that said when a cop is making a quarter of a million dollars and rejecting a contract…something is wrong there…greed is crazy…
Public employee unions are very troublesome in a lot of ways.
“Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) put the blame for the chaos unfolding in the Capitol on Wednesday firmly on the shoulders of his Republican colleagues: “This is what you’ve gotten, guys,” Romney was heard yelling as “mayhem unfolded in the Senate chamber, apparently addressing his colleagues who were leading the charge to press Mr. Trump’s false claims of a stolen election,” The New York Times reports.”
If there was ever such a thing as “rock bottom” and a final reason for people to turn away from darkness, hopefully this is it, and there is no lower we need to go.
DC, MD, and VA National Guard all being dispatched to put down an Insurrection.
Multiple Capitol Hill Police officers have been injured.
What is the closest historical comparison to this? Shays’ Rebellion?
In 1954 four Puerto Rican’s fired at random in the House of Representatives injuring five Congressman yelling “Long Live Puerto Rico.”
Wasn’t it pre-1954? They tried to kill Truman at Blair House too or what a different incident? That was only four people.
VP Pence has put out a forceful statement calling this an “attack” and asking for all protestors to leave the building. Obviously, Trump is not doing that.
Has Biden released any kind of statement? What is it that he can even say at this point?
Kayleigh McAnany released a statement saying Trump favors only peaceful protests,
Let’s see what they(“they “ bring these various Republicans) say after this is all over.
That will be of great interest.
Cruz and his ilk will probably issue some condemnation followed by the well known “but”….
Biden is speaking now.
Not that he can do much about this.
Right. Biden had to say something, but the reality is that these people could care less what Biden says. Probably best to say relatively little at this time.
Republicans started this mess and they have to step up to end it. I’m glad that many Republican Congressmen are finally speaking out against the rioters – even though their prior silence contributed to the violence.
Obviously, he had to for the country at large, and for the obvious political reasons, not really anything that could be given directly to the rioters though.
They better have a lot more security around two weeks from now if they are going to do the thing outside.
Biden quotes Lincoln’s “Last Best Hope of Earth”
Bravo. Democrats used to scream when Republicans used that line.
The Leader of the Republican Party Donald Trump should be speaking.
Where is that gangster anyway?
He’s stewing about Mike Pence. That’s his focus
So, does Pence go all Sammy the Bull on the Don?
Trump releases a video telling everyone to “go home” while still ranting about a stolen landslide election.
Maybe he will brag that his riot crowd was so much bigger than Biden’s Inauguration crowd.
Benjy Sarlin
. @PeteWilliamsNBC reports Senators are “determined” to finish the electoral vote count before leaving, may even do it from secure location, per member of leadership.
Whenever they continue and wherever, if the “objections” kabuki show resume, then those people are hopeless in their stupidity.
Chris Christie, never known for his loyalty to anything but a cheeseburger, is really turning on Trump on ABC.
There is video of a FBI Spec Ops team doing an internal sweep of the capital building with Capital Cops…
And now we have a Virginia State Police Special Ops group also doing a sweep of the capital building with Capital cops also..
Virginia, Maryland and DC National Guard units are on there way to the nation’s capital building to back up cops in restoring control over the area ….
Hmmmmmm?
Lindsey Graham
@LindseyGrahamSC
I could not agree more with President-elect Biden’s statement to the nation.
Time to retake the Capitol, end the violence, & stop the madness.
Time to move forward in governing our nation.
Our differences are real but the love of our nation overwhelms our differences.
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New calls for another impeachment vote against Trump in the House…
Secret Service and Federal Protective Service coos and agents are answering a ‘all hands on deck’ call frim the Capital Police…
Sen Jeff Merkley
Electoral college ballots rescued from the Senate floor. If our capable floor staff hadn’t grabbed them, they would have been burned by the mob.
Great Reference CG…maybe…but I think the more apt reference for the alleged man of faith would be Judas…
Jared Rizzi
Pres-Elect Biden: “our democracy is under unprecedented assault… the scenes of chaos at the Capitol do not reflect the True America… this is not dissent, it’s disorder… borders on sedition, and it must end, now.”
He’s 100 percent right but let’s not be afraid to say that so were some things we saw over the summer in regards police stations, municipal buildings, etc.
Peaceful protest is sacrosanct but it all needs to stop.
the lawlessness that is.
Before the mobs ascended today, I said that today was the day the Republican Civil War needed to start in earnest. Of course, that was only meant in a political and non-violent context.
The side that needs to lose, I think, may have majorly overplayed their hand.
Let’s hope you are right. The Republican side that needs to win is a only a small portion of the GOP. And because most of these people have publicly defended Trump for a long time, they will be trusted by almost no one if they turn on Trump now. There are some things that are difficult to forgive.
Reports of pipe bombs found at RNC AND DNC locations…
When this all shakes out sometime tomorrow?
The FBI, Secret Service and Capital Police need to form a task force and lauch an investigation into who has done physical damage to the capital building, who broke into offices and vandalized things and who left the pipe bombs …
Protests are fine….
Violence and vandalism of Government property is not….
This would start on AG Rosen’s watch but woukd pursued on Garland’s…
Heads need to roll on this…
They need to determine why they were not better prepared to protect the Capitol and the people and property inside. They should have anticipated something like this (or worse) just in case, far better.
Agreed CG….
But just like with anything connected to Trump…
Complaints about past protests probably have Capital cops over worried about seeming too ‘gungho’ on showing of force…
Damn if ya Do
Damn if ya Don’t?
I am really troubled with how the police are letting the seditionists have their way in the Capital with Congressmen and women barricaded in secret locations. This just encourages future violence and rebellion.
I agree .This hasn’t been handled well at all.
Meanwhile here in S.C.
S.C. Cong.Nancy Mace in her statement referred to the rioters as “we.”
Guess they’re “her” people.
Another S.C. Cong,Tom Rice, plaintively asked “where is the President?”
Just saw great pic of Josh Hawley giving the clinched fist to the crowd before the riot.
Sure we will see it again in 2024.
Run Josh Run!
Ivanka calls the trash “American patriots.”
Reports that the Senate Chamber has been “trashed.”
A lot of the Trash were probably caught on camera.
Accordingly ,they may be identifiable and liable to be charged with various federal crimes.
And in front of DC juries?
Good luck Trash!Some of you boys might be spending some time in a federal prison.Then you can tell all those guys in the pokie how great Trump is!
Anyone who broke a law, including breaking into the Speakers office and taking photos of her emails, lock ’em up as a threat against the U.S. govt.
Agreed CG…
Susan Glaser
Trump wanted Congress not to certify his defeat in the Electoral College on January 6th, as the Constitution requires.
So far, he’s succeeded. Will Congress be able to resume its duties? When? Will the Republicans abetting this coup continue to object?
Rep Dean Phillips
We are all safe and sheltering. The Capitol is being secured and swept, and we’ll soon return to the House floor, complete our Constitutional duty, and then begin the arduous work of reestablishing the foundations of our republic. But we cannot do it alone. We need you, America.
The acceptance of the EC vote MUST GO AHEAD as soon as possible…
Well you’re probably not going to get much help from the 100 or so House Republicans who Trump owns.
Watch in the days ahead as they first subtly then more openly support The Trash.
Capital police are beginning to ‘take back ‘ the building and the area’s around it section by section…
Shira Tarlo
D.C. Chief of Police Robert Contee says 13 arrests have been made today—3 people arrested were from Arlington, Va., all the others were from outside D.C. Also notes firearms have been recovered, including long guns and hand guns.
DC is going under a curfew tonight…
The woman shot during the capital protest has died….
The DC National Guardsmen have riot equipment but otherwise are unarmed.
Yup Jack and They get Riot Training….
The Pentagon was RIGHT in refusing to send combat units when asked to do so….
Last time’s they did send combat troops to places it caused a LOT of concern and problems…
Ot could also be seen as a real coup attempt by the media…
Good look by the generals and Sec of Defense
Too few cops with a too big crowd will resukt in cops OT trying to get hurt being low on backups…
Looks like there was a ‘bum’s’rush’ situation today….
Of course unlawful entry to the Capital is a crime. And definitely lock up the seditionists. If someone jumped the fence and entered the White House grounds, there would be no question that the person should be prosecuted., nor should there be.
The Government investigators are going to have a field day on social media cause you know these jackasses all posted these photos on their sites…they can’t help themselves…Probably on right wing sites and not on FB, but all those sites are under surveillance…one of the greatest gifts to law enforcement has been social media…you know how many Probationers I have caught doing shit through their posts on IG, FB and Snap Chat…and a lot of them post it public…dumbasses…
One of the people that stormed the Capitol was a newly elected West Virginia State Rep.
Almost as good as email’s, eh?
Better because it is public often and no warrants needed… you can get a warrant to preserve everything they post, messages, etc on their page if you can show probable cause and a judge signs it…
Actually larger companies I believe HAVE save emails for a period of time ….
Yes self incrimination is alive a well on social media
The MSNBC video of what was happening in the Senate chamber is pretty dramatic. Pence is suddenly gone and all sorts of Secret Service agents or plainclothes Capitol Hill police are running into the chamber telling people to get down.
And a maskless Rand Paul keeps walking around, shaking his head.
Yeah, these sure look like your typical group of Republicans
https://twitter.com/AF632/status/1346920869474365440/photo/1
The photos of these costumed morons defiling the hallways and Chambers of the U.S. Capitol building while lawmakers with gas masks huddle together and pray is just sickening. This would have been considered unacceptable at a suburban village hall until Trump came along.
He is still telling them they are patriots and he loves them and “never forget this day!”
Well to about 100 members of the House and thirteen or so Senators huddling in gas masks?
They are enablers of The Trash.
Republicans were wearing goofy costumes before Trump. The Tea Party goons starting doing that a decade ago.
And the long haired bearded guy looks like one of the Duck Dynasty guys, and they’ve been conservative favorites for several years.
CG is out of step with his own party. It’s not Alex P Keaton anymore. The Republican kids are the bullies who would beat him up.
Doesn’t even look like a Tea Party rally from a decade ago. Looks far more like the Libertarian Ron Paul types that have been on the fringe of the party since I was involved, and they became Trump’s strongest base.
But Trump is the past, more so after today than ever before.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) said that “the violence must end” at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday in a statement that only briefly alluded to his own push to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election….
The Hill…
They can prove that tonight by invoking the 25th Amendment.
You know they won’t though.
Only a specific group of people could invoke the 25th and I would be for it.
What I think Congress should do, is impeach and convict Trump tonight/next morning quickly due to the national security concerns. They can also prevent him from running again in 2024, but that might be a tough sell to some Democrats.
What political figures should more realistically be doing is to call for his immediate resignation, He won’t do it, but at least they will be on record.
Trump may resign for a Pence pardon
Otherwise?
Doubtful…
Again. You know this won’t happen.
Nope Scott….
13 more days…
The Capitol was reportedly secured at 5:40 pm.
Pelosi and Schumer are trying for a 8PM restart on the acceptance of the State’s electoral vote…
One would assume rhat rhe National Guard troops will be deployed to secure the capital grounds along with the Capital police and somebother troops would work with he DC. Police on the curfew around the government building’s…
The nations capital on a ‘lock down, due to Trump not the pandemic…
Was this event a super spreader?
Jennefer Bendery
After the debate on Arizona’s electoral votes, the House is expected to vote, by groups. Then it will reconvene in a joint session to keep certifying electoral ballots.
Votes may go into the night, per Hoyer’s office.
There is probably is going to be a expedited session now on the EC vote results with debate on just one states tally then a straight out acceptance move…
After the Trump people’s stunt there is less appetite for more bull shit…
We’ll see…
Rand Paul says the whole EC Congress acceptance could be over in hour or so….
We’ll see….
Facebook and Youtube join twitter in taking Donald Trump off social media for now as the EC acceptance session begins… and people are still hanging around in DC
Session has begun
I have been watching Fox News and they have not been supportive of the rioters.
Cathy McMorris has changed her mind and will now vote for certification.
I’d wonder more what OAN and Newsmax are saying. I don’t get that with my Comcast cable while AT&T subscribers do.
McCarthy is being interviewed on Fox News and it was brought up he talked to Trump several times today and he was asked a softball question about what the President was feeling about all this, and McCarthy dodged it and said he remembers this as a horrible die.
Trump has been suspended by Twitter for 12 hours.
Good…..
Keep the big guy quiet until they get the EC thing done tonight…
Turns out that Pence NEVER left the capital and is on his way back to the Senate…
For the sake of democracy, he ought to be sworn in as President at the Joint Session tonight.
THAT IS NOT GONNA HAPPEN….
Short of TWO WEEKS….
More mischief?
Both President George W. Bush and Senator Mitt Romney spoke very forcefully about what happened today.
As Romney is currently in government, it was more appropriate for him to name names.
https://www.romney.senate.gov/romney-condemns-insurrection-us-capitol
Sounds like Tucker Carlson suddenly cares about killings by law enforcement now that a Trump Republican died from a cop bullet.
Defeated Senator Kellie Loeffler withdraws her intention to object.
Chris Christie is suggesting the 25th Amendment might occur and that those who can do it should examine their conscience.
They didn’t give him the Vice Presidency. They didn’t give him Attorney General. They did not give him a job at all. All they gave him was Covid….
Stephanie Grisham who was a pretty unapologetic mouthpiece for Trump during her brief time as Press Secretary, before becoming Melania’s Chief of Staff, resigned her job in protest today.
ABC News is reporting that some members of Trump’s Cabinet are discussing the 25th Amendment.
They quote a Trump ally who says it may be “unavoidable.”
I’ll believe it when I see it.
Need a majority of the Cabinet and the Vice President. Apparently, acting Cabinet Secretaries would count.
Trump could fight it in Congress to get his authority back, but Pence would be Acting President in the meantime, and would just not do anything before 1/20.
Congress would not act before 1/20 to hear any appeal
Kevin McCarthy delivers his Trump break up speech.
I only caught the end of Lindsey Graham’s speech but it sounded like he was breaking up with Trump and also returning a mix-tape and a sweatshirt.
AZ objection fails 93-6
I do not know the specific circumstances that led to her being shot, but the death of the woman today is tragic. She has been identified publicly and was a long serving member of the U.S. military.
Based on her social media, she also was a kook, who talked about how “the storm is coming” and was re-Tweeting those calling for the imprisonment of Mike Pence, John Roberts, etc.
Cults are dangerous and can lead to tragic results. Hopefully, her family can be comforted during this tragic time and the good aspects of the life she led will be most remembered.
In protests if u do NOT keep ur head ?
Things CAN sideways very fast and something don’t get a do over….
It’s up to 15 arrests….
Lot of people feel this way….
Kurtis Lee
@kurtisalee
‘There would be rubber bullets and mass arrests right away,’ if those who stormed the U.S. Capitol were Black.
For a watching nation, Capitol riot marks a surreal unraveling.
Zeke Miller
@ZekeJMiller
WASHINGTON (AP) — DC Police: 4 people died as Trump supporters occupied Capitol; 1 woman shot by police, 3 in medical emergencies.
Kaitlan Collins
@kaitlancollins
White House officials were shaken by Trump’s reaction to a mob of his supporters descending on the Capitol today. He was described to me as borderline enthusiastic because it meant the certification was being derailed. It has genuinely freaked people out.