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personnel available at a later time.”
3:56 PM: -ohn Myers of the Los Ange-
les Times tweets “-ust got off a call of
top /os Angeles Times editors, agree-
ing that we should not call those who
stormed the 8 .S. Capitol şprotesters.Š”
3:57 PM: Manu Raju of CNN tweets “The
Senate ʀoor has been cleared of rioters,
ofɿcers say, and they have successfully
sTuee]ed them away from Senate wing of
the building and towards the Rotunda...”
4:00 PM: Billy +ouse of Bloomberg tweets
“şThe ɿrst time I ever had to draw my gun on
the +ouse ʀoor,Š says a veteran Capitol cop.”
4:00 PM: (mily 'avies of The Washington
Post tweets a video from the north side of
the Capitol “It is just before pm and anoth-
er mob has broken through law enforcement
and ɿled into the 8 .S. Capitol building.”
Mark Ma]]etti of The New York Times
also tweets a video “This was pm today at
the North entrance of the Capitol. Pro-
testors trying to enter building and cops
opening door and spraying what could
have been tear gas. /ots of smoke.”
4:00 PM: The AP reports that Acting
Secretary Miller, in coordination with 9 ice
President Pence not President Trump ,
has activated the '.C. National *uard.
4:02 PM: 'ia] of CNN tweets “...A
source said /i] Cheney +akeem -effries
+ouse conference counterparts told
the members in an undisclosed location
the national guard is on the way...”
crowds from mounting the steps.4:10 PM: Secretary of the Army Mc-
Carthy arrives at '.C. police head-
Tuarters from the Pentagon.4:11 PM: +all of The Independent 8 K
tweets “Many of these patriots were
calling for gallows for Nancy Pelosi as
they were breaking into the Capitol.”4:14 PM: )ormer White +ouse Chief
of Staff Reince Priebus tweets “Many
of these folks are nothing but domes-
tic terrorists. And many are criminals
and trouble makers >sic@ all acting in a
manner opposite of patriotism. These
violent people have no respect for de-
mocracy. Pure insanity and disgusting.”4:15 PM: The NSC tweets, attributing a
statement to White +ouse National Security
Advisor Robert C. 2ŠBrien “ 9 iolence has
absolutely no place in our democracy.
I applaud the men and women of law
enforcement and the National *uard, who
are working to restore order and protect
our institutions. 2 ur country is better
than what we saw today at our Capitol.”Of course, there are no National Guard at
the Capitol yet, not to any fault of the D.C.
National Guard, which has been con-
strained by the Pentagon.4:16 PM: =aslav of CNN tweets “...
Capitol Police say the Senate wonŠt be in
session in this building today or anytime
soonŜbc the building is ştrashed.Š”4:18 PM: +ouse Minority /eader McCa-
rthy says on ABC News that he “called
the President and explained to him what
is going on...I begged him to go talk to
the nation.” +e says that the president is
recording some video message right now.4:18 PM: Pentagon leaders have anoth-
er conference call to discuss National
*uard force support from outside the
'istrict. Acting Secretary Miller gives voice
approval for out-of-state forces to mus-
ter and be prepared to deploy to '.C. By
00 p.m., the Pentagon says, the states
of New <ork, New -ersey, Pennsylvania
and 'elaware had offered to send forc-
es “and the fastest timeline they could
be in the National Capitol Region.”4:02 PM: 9 irginia National *uard
tweets “.#*overnor 9 A has approved
9 irginia National *uard support to law
enforcement to Washington, '.C. )or
operational security reasons, we will not
release details on the number of per-
sonnel, staging locations or timelines.”4:03 PM: (van Pere] of CNN tweets
“Wild scene. Crowd is at turns celebratory
and angry at...you name it. 2 ne sample of
conversation I heard as I walked by şPence
screwed us.Š ş<eah, Pence is a punk.Š”4:03 PM: Turton of Bloomberg News
tweets a photo of two fully clad 8 SCP
ofɿcers lounging outside the west side
of the building “Saw it from a couple
hundred feet away and ran over. Really
captured the mood in the moment.”4:05 PM: President-elect -oe Biden
addresses the nation, calling the
actions of Trump supporters “an
insurrection.” “ 2 ur democracy is un-
der unprecedented assault,” he says.
+e calls on President Trump to
“demand an end to this siege.”
“At this hour our democracy is under
unprecedented assault...an assault on
the citadel of liberty, the Capitol itself...
The words of a president matter, no
matter how good or bad that president is.
At their best the words of a president can
inspire, at their worst they can incite.”4:06 PM: Turton of Bloomberg News
tweets from the west side of the Cap-
itol as a line of police with shields
make a stand to constrain further