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“...WeŠre going to walk down to the
CapitolŜand weŠre going to cheer on our
brave senators and congressmen and
women and weŠre probably not going to
be cheering so much for some of them.”11:55 AM: +arrison Smith of The Washing-
ton Post tweets “...thousands of Trump sup-
porters chanting şstop the stealŠ and waving
ʀags. Pretty calm so far, as one woman
walks by saying şshoot the politicians use
your weaponsŠ Chuckles in the crowd.”12:00 PM: As the +ouse is called to
order, Chaplain Rev. Margaret *run
Kibben offers the following prayer
“ 2 *od, our refuge and our strength, a
very present help in times of discord and
trouble. Mountains crumble, waters rage, na-
tions roar, and yet we need not be afraid, for
even now <ou abide with us in these times
of great discord, uncertainty and unrest.
We, who have pledged to defend our
Constitution against all enemies, we pray
<our hedge of protection around this Nation.
'efend us from those adversaries, both
foreign and domestic, outside these walls
and perhaps within these Chambers, who
sow seeds of acrimony to divide colleagues11:50 AM: President Trump starts
speaking at about 11 50 AM for
about one hour and says
“...I would love to have it if those tens
of thousands of people would be allowed
Ūif the military, the Secret ServiceŪ
we want to thank you and the police and
law enforcementŪgreat, youŠre doing
a great jobŪbut I would love it if they
could be allowed to come up with us.
“...We will never give up. We will never
concede. It doesnŠt happen. <ou donŠt
concede when thereŠs theft involved.
“...<ouŠll never take back our coun-
try with weakness. <ou have to show
strength, and you have to be strong.
“...So we are going toʡwe are going to
walk down Pennsylvania Avenue, I love
Pennsylvania Avenue, and we are going to
the Capitol, and we are going to try and
giveŜthe 'emocrats are hopeless, they
are never voting for anything, not even
one vote but we are going to tryŜgive
our Republicans, the weak ones because
the strong ones donŠt need any of our
help, weŠre tryŜgoing to try and give
them the kind of pride and boldness that
they need to take back our country. So
letŠs walk down Pennsylvania Avenue.
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