WATCH: Pro-Trump rioters stormed the US Capitol and forced Congress into a recess

• Trump supporters stormed into the US Capitol on Wednesday to disrupt the affirmation of Joe Biden‘s presidential victory.
• The rioters pushed previous police, broke home windows, deployed tear fuel, and compelled Congress right into a recess and lawmakers to take cowl of their workplaces.
• Joe Biden and different lawmakers condemned the violence, as did Trump, however the president doubled down on his baseless election fraud claims.

An mob of President Donald Trump supporters pushed previous police and stormed into the US Capitol on Wednesday, bringing Congress to a halt and forcing lawmakers and staffers to shelter of their workplaces.

The rioters had been amongst those that heard Trump communicate at a “March for Trump” rally earlier within the day protesting Joe Biden’s election victory in November.

On the time they stormed the Capitol constructing, a joint session of Congress was underway to substantiate Biden’s electoral vote win.
Protesters broke home windows within the Capitol and deployed tear fuel throughout the constructing’s corridor. Based on a number of reviews, a lady was killed after being shot within the chest within the Capitol.

The violence pressured Washington, DC, right into a lockdown as lawmakers, together with Biden, urged them to go dwelling.

Trump, responding to stress from elected officers from each events, launched a video on Twitter asking the violent rioters to go dwelling. Nevertheless, he doubled down on his baseless claims that the election was “stolen” from him, and advised the rioters he loves them. Twitter later took the video down.

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