34 NEWSWEEK.COM FEBRUARY 12, 2021
2:49 PM: 9 irginia overnor Ralph Northam
decides to activate all available assets of the
9 irginia State Police plus military police of
the 9 irginia National uard the Manas-
sas-based 22 th Military Police Company
for immediate dispatch to the Capitol.
Meanwhile, The Washington Post reports
that '2' authori]ation for deployment of
the *uard in the 'istrict was not granted.
2:50 PM: -a]mine 8 lloa of The Boston
Globe tweets “... 2 ne Capitol security
ofɿcer said he wasnŠt sure if rioters had
weapons but he said they had plen-
ty of bear spray, pepper sprayŜand
“lots of sharp objects.” +is face had
been doused with pepper spray.”
2:51 PM: Steven Nelson of the New York
Post tweets “şNo justice, no peaceŠ is
new pro-Trump chant at Senate clock.
McConnellŠs ofɿce surrounded now.”
2:52 PM: Casey -. Wooten of National
Journal tweets from the *allery of the
+ouse Chamber “ThereŠs a standoff
between cap police and intruders.”
At 3:07 PM, Rep. -ason Crow '-
C 2 tweets and posts another pho-
to from inside the +ouse chamber
“This is what it has come to.”
Rep. Mikie Sherrill '-N- spoke to
PBS, “We were being told by the Capitol
Police to get down in the event that there
was an active shooter and to pull out our
gas masks in case there was tear gas that
they had to use to disperse” the crowd.
“I was with some >+ouse@ mem-
bers that were calling their families,
and so then I called my husband to
assure him I was 2 k,” Sherrill says.
2:52 PM: Rep. 'an Kildee '-MI tweets
“I am in the +ouse Chambers. We have
been instructed to lie down on the
ʀoor and put on our gas masks. Cham-
CHAPTER 6:Deliberating While
Rome Burns
ber security and Capitol Police have
their guns drawn as protesters bang
on the front door of the chamber...”2:53 PM: -onathan Martin of The New
York Times tweets “.#MittRomney
summoned me as lawmakers and press
arrived at a secure location. şThis is what
the president has caused today, this
insurrection,Š he said w fury in his voice.”2:57 PM: Igor Bobic of +XIɵQJWRQ3RVW
tweets a video “Several people got on
to a scaffolding outside Senate, took it
to second ʀoor, which looked like the
area where McConnellŠs ofɿce is locat-
ed, and started banging on windows.”2:57 PM: '.C. +omeland Security
(mergency Management Agency +S(MA
tweets “...citywide curfew for the 'istrict
of Columbia from pm on Wednesday,- anuary , until am on Thursday, -anu-
ary . A Wireless (mergency Alert W(A
message was sent to cell phones pinging in
the 'istrict of Columbia this afternoon.”
2:58 PM: The Tulsa World publishes an
interview with Sen. -ames Inhofe R- 2 K.
“IŠve known Mike Pence forev-
er,” Inhofe said. “IŠve never seen
Pence as angry as he was today.
“I had a long conversation with
him,” said Inhofe. “+e said, şAfter all
the things IŠve done for Trump .Š”
+e says that there were “at least
1,000 people inside the Capitol.”2:58 PM: Sarah '. Wire of the Los
Angeles Times later writes of her ex-
perience being evacuated from the
+ouse *allery at about this time
“Police told us to follow them. We walked
for several minutes, hustling down a warren
to hallways and a winding staircase. I have
worked in the Capitol for eight years, and I
canŠt tell you the path we took. As law-