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Rioters storm Capitol after Trump urges motion, halting declaration of Biden victory
Supporters of US President Donald Trump enter the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC.
WASHINGTON – Vice President Mike Pence was ushered out of the Senate because the U.S. Capitol Complex went into lockdown because of an exterior safety menace, whereas Trump supporters rioted outdoors the constructing.
A member of the Senate instructed NBC News that Vice President Pence and Sen. Charles Grassley, the president pro-tem, have been taken to a safe location. The Senate chamber was additionally evacuated and lawmakers had been instructed to keep away from exterior doorways and home windows.
Lawmakers had simply begun the procedural process of counting the Electoral College votes and formally declaring President-elect Joe Biden the winner.
Earlier, Trump, throughout a rally, inspired 1000's of his supporters to march to the Capitol to protest the affirmation of Biden's victory. Trump, regardless of telling the group he would be a part of them within the march to the Capitol, returned to the White House.
The White House didn't instantly reply to CNBC's request for question. Trump in a pair of tweets, slammed his Vice President Mike Pence and in addition known as on supporters to "Stay peaceful!"
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser issued a city-wide 6 p.m. EST curfew till Thursday, January 7. Bowser's workplace has additionally requested the presence of the U.S. National Guard.
The Pentagon, when requested about requests for the U.S. National Guard, didn't instantly reply to CNBC's request for question.
The Cannon House Office Building and Madison Building had been evacuated earlier within the day. Occupants that had been evacuated from Cannon, on the House facet of the Capitol, had been given clearance to re-enter the constructing.
Capitol Police did not instantly reply to CNBC's request to touch upon whether or not the evacuations had been associated to the protests.
'This is a coup try'
As chaos unfold contained in the Capitol, members of Congress tweeted dramatic descriptions from the complicated.
"This is a coup attempt." Rep. Adam Kinzinger, an Illinois Republican tweeted.
Rep. Peter Welch, the Democrat who's Vermont's at-large congressman, mentioned in a tweet that "gas masks are being prepared."
According to MSNBC, a protestor who breached the legislative chambers shouted, Trump gained that election!"
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