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ɿrst speaks with Maryland *overnor
/arry +ogan. According to the Army
“+e thanked him and accepted his of-
fer. Secretary McCarthy assured him his
service members will be taken care of
and provided a point-to-point contact.”
+ogan later told The Washington Post
that he got approval 0 minutes after de-
ployment was turned down when Secretary
McCarthy called him. Maryland forces are
approved to arrive in '.C. on -anuary .
4:42 PM: Will Sommer of the Daily Beast
tweets “So many reporters covering the
protest today were able to ɿnd plenty of
evidence, in advance, that some Trump pro-
testers planned to ʀood the Capitol. Incredi-
ble that police, who have far more capabil-
ities than we do, werenŠt better prepared.”
4:44 PM: William Turton of Bloomberg
News tweets a video from the north
side of the Capitol “Protestors being
pushed back. North side of the capi-
tol. Police are using ʀash bangs.”
Kristin Wilson of CNN tweets a video of
police inside the Capitol “ 8 SCP guarding
broken Capitol windows keeping protes-
tors from getting in. Smoke grenades and
to know that. IŠm proud of many policy
accomplishments the Trump Admin had.
But we must accept these results.”
“ItŠs time to regroup, organi]e, cam-
paign for political leaders we believe in, and
let our democracy work. It is N 2 T and N(9-
(R will be a time for violence. If you believe
in America ɿrst, you believe in our Constitu-
tion, the rule of law, our ɿrst principles.”4:54 PM: A photo of a man carrying a
Confederate ʀag inside the Capitol is
tweeted by Mike Theiler of Reuters.4:54 PM: '.C. National *uard 'CN*
tweets “The 'CN* has been mobili]ed
to provide support to fed law enforce-
ment in the 'istrict. Acting Sec'ef
Christopher Miller has been in contact w
Congressional leadership, and #Se-
cArmy has been working with the '.C.
government. /aw enforcement response
will be led by #The-ustice'ept.”4:56 PM: Krysta /ouise of the AP
tweets “'C police chief says protesters
deployed şchemical irritants on
policeŠ to gain access to 8 S Capitol.”smell of gunpowder in the hallways.”4:46 PM: Rebecca Tan of The Wash-
ington Post tweets a video “/aw en-
forcement regaining some semblance
of control here. TheyŠve pushed back
the mob away from the north side of the
Capitol, eliciting calls of “traitor traitor”
2 ne womanŠs yelling “f ck the blue”4:46 PM: Steven Nelson of the New York
Post tweets “...I passed hundreds of law en-
forcement ofɿcers streaming into Capitol via
subway tunnel. )BI, '+S police and )airfax
county 9 a. among those arriving now.”4:52 PM: )ormer Trump White +ouse Com-
munications 'irector Alyssa )arah tweets
“'ear MA*AŜI am one of you. Before I
worked for #real'onaldTrump, I worked
for #MarkMeadows #-imB-ordan the
#freedomcaucus. I marched in the 2010
Tea Party rallies. I campaigned w Trump
voted for him. But I need you to hear me
the (lection was N 2 T stolen. We lost.”
“There were cases of fraud that should
be investigated. But the legitimate mar-
gins of victory for Biden are far too
wide to change the outcome. <ou need