TRUMP LIKE MUSSOLINI HAS MARCHED HIS TROOPS TO THE STEPS OF THE GOVERMENT 

HIS FOLLOWERS ARE NOW MARCHING ON THE SENATE

THE COUP HAS BEGUN

THE SENATE IS CLOSED 

DOWN

  

WHITE PEOPLE RIOT 

COPS USE PEPPER SPRAY

WHERE IS THE TEARGAS

TRUMPS TROOPS ALLOWED 

INTO CAPITOL BUILDING BY

 REPUBLICAN ALLIES 

ONLY CAPITOL POLICE RESPONDING

WHERE ARE BARR'S BULLY BOYS THE

PARK COPS

TRUMP HIDDENING IN WHITE HOUSE

BUNKER

COUP HAS BEGUN IN THE USA

DC protests live updates: Trump speaks to thousands of supporters (usatoday.com)

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• The Capitol was locked down and staffers were evacuated from two congressional buildings as crowds tried to breach them.
• City officials had braced for violence. Mayor Muriel Bowser asked that area residents stay away from downtown, but added that "we will not allow people to incite violence, intimidate our residents or cause destruction in our city.” Colleen Cupp of Carmel, Indiana, said Wednesday the crowd was friendly and that she wasn’t worried about violence.  “We’re here supporting our president,” she said. “It feels unifying.”
• Most of the early crowd shunned face coverings despite the nationwide surge in coronavirus cases, though some wore red “Make America Great Again” masks. “USA” and “stop the steal” chants rippled through the area. Music blared and people stumped for the president with megaphones. Many donned red, white and blue apparel, and waved "Trump 2020" flags.
• Legislators began meeting at 1 p.m. ET to count the Electoral College votes during a special joint session of Congress — 306 for Biden, 232 for Trump. It takes 270 to win the presidency. Follow live updates from inside Congress here. 
• Tuesday night, D.C. police made six protest-related arrests. The charges ranged from carrying a pistol without a license to assault of a police officer, according to a spokesman. The U.S. Park Police also made one arrest.
• Members of the "Proud Boys," designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, were expected to attend. The group's leader, Enrique Tarrio, was arrested Monday after arriving in D.C., on charges related to the burning of a Black Lives Matter banner at a protest last year. Tarrio pleaded not guilty to destruction of property and weapons charges and was released – but ordered to stay out of D.C. until his next court appearance in June.
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