And, about half an hour after I wrote the last update, all hell started to break loose on Capitol Hill. Current headlines:
- CNN.com: “Mob invades US Capitol”
- Washington Post: “Pro-Trump mob storms Capitol building”
- New York Times: “Mob storms Capitol, inflamed by angry Trump speech”
- Wall Street Journal: “Pro-Trump mob forces way into Capitol; session halted”
- Fox News: “Guns drawn on House floor, McCarthy says he heard report of shots fired as lawmakers are evacuated”
- Newsmax: “Protestors storm US Capitol, reports of wounded as multiple shots fired”
Quoting New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt: “This has gone well beyond a political story. We don’t know where the vice president and speaker of the House have taken refuge. It’s unclear who controls the Capitol and there’s no clear plan for how the government will be able to wrest back control of it.”
We’re in for a long night…