Newsweek - USA (2021-02-12)

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

12:28 PM: Steven Nelson of the New

York Post tweets a picture that shows a

fairly sparse crowd on the east side of the

Capitol in front of the /ibrary of Congress

“...scene outside Capitol 10 minutes from

9 P PenceŠs expected arrival to preside over

joint session. Any heckling will be hard for

Pence to hear due to security buffer.”

12:30 PM: - ennifer -acobs of

Bloomberg tweets a video of people

moving in the direction of the Capi-

tol “)loods of people left in the middle

of TrumpŠs remarks at the (llipse and

are now headed to the 8 S Capitol.”

12:30 PM: Senate President pro

tempore Sen. Charles *rassley R-

IA calls the Senate to order.

The President pro tempore, the sec-

ond-highest-ranking Senate ofɿcial

after the Vice President, is generally the

senior senator serving in Congress. He

is the third in line to succession of the

Presidency, under the Constitution.

12:30 PM: Sen. -osh +awley R-M 2 ,

a believer in voter fraud, arrives at the

Capitol. +e gives a thumbs up, a ɿst

pump and waves as the crowd cheered.

12:36 PM: Richard +all of The Indepen-

dent 8 K tweets “Trump still talking

CHAPTER 3:

A Calm Before the Storm

SPECIAL REPORT

and conspire to undermine trust in <our
divine authority over all things.
“The journey of this experiment in
democracy is perilous and demanding,
fraught with anger and discontent. But wise
rulers still seek <ou.
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of us.
“So help us, od, to see <our gracious
plan even in the events of these days.
“So help us, od, to serve <ou and this
Nation with odliness and dignity....”

12:04 PM: The '.C. National uard 'CN
releases a statement on )acebook
“...Capital guardsmen have been reTuest-
ed by Mayor Muriel Bowser...on behalf of
the '.C. Metropolitan Police 'epartment
and '.C. )ire and (mergency Services.”

It will be four hours before the DCNG ac-
tually makes an appearance at the Capitol.

12:09 PM: Steven Nelson of the New
York Post tweets a video “A march
including Proud Boys passes Capitol as
President TrumpŠs speech begins...”

12:17 PM: CNN reports that Presi-
dent-elect -oe Biden has decided to nomi-
nate Merrick *arland as attorney general.

12:24 PM: -a]mine 8 lloa of The Boston
Globe tweets a video “...*roups of people
waving Trump ʀags. People selling Trump
merch left over from the 2020 presidential
campaign on street corners. )ly-by-night
preachers preaching from megaphones
and portable, makeshift sound systems.”

12:27 PM: Maggie +aberman of The New
York Times tweets of President TrumpŠs
speech “şThatŠs what happens in a com-
munist country,Š the president says of not
being able to have his falsehoods repeat-
ed by the media without a fact check.”
Two minutes later, she tweets “...IŠve
listened to many many Trump speech-
es and this one is...a little different.”