Right-wing Trump supporters gain access to the Capitol.
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Hundreds of right-wing extremist supporters of US President Donald Trump stormed the Congress building in Washington DC on Wednesday.
Trump had previously called on his supporters to move to the Capitol. After the storm, Trump called the amateur coup plotters “great patriots”.
The scenes that played out in Parliament were chaotic. Videos from reporters show what was going on inside the Capitol when Trump’s supporters stormed the building.
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Neo-Nazis, Holocaust deniers, supporters of the Q-Anon conspiracy movement: a right-wing mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in Washington DC on Wednesday. Earlier, in a speech to his supporters in the city, US President Donald Trump called for people to go to parliament (read our detailed summary of the events here).
Videos from journalists captured the moments in which the partly armed mob of right-wing Trump supporters gained access to parliament.
A video distributed via the Tiktok app shows how the right-wing mob simply overran the completely overwhelmed police in front of the building.
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This video of the siege of the Capitol on TikTok is crazy and different than I had seen pic.twitter.com/JXwvKVLjxB
— Matt Jones (@KySportsRadio) January 7, 2021
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Trump supporters quickly took the stairs in front of the Capitol.
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Dozens have forced their way to the top. More coming up the steps. Police are trying to bolster their numbers through the west doors but someone with a fire extinguisher is dousing them from above. The crowd only keeps cheering. pic.twitter.com/WA526jTBGo
– Alejandro Alvarez (@aletweetsnews) January 6, 2021
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The “HuffPost” journalist Igor Bobic filmed the intruders making their way to the Senate Chamber.
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Here’s the scary moment when protesters initially got into the building from the first floor and made their way outside Senate chamber. pic.twitter.com/CfVIBsgywK
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) January 6, 2021
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A surreal moment: The Trump supporters walk inside the barriers through the parliament building.
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Surreal pic.twitter.com/rCMHa7ikgs
– Aaron Rupar (atrupar) January 6, 2021
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The “HuffPost” reporter Matt Fuller filmed how the Trump supporters occupied the House of Parliament.
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Video from the chamber. pic.twitter.com/UKF7MScHKN
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) January 6, 2021
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The behavior of individual police officers also raised questions on Wednesday. A video showed an official taking a selfie with one of the parliamentarians.
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Cops are taking selfies with the terrorists. pic.twitter.com/EjkQ83h1p2
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) January 6, 2021
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Hours after their attack, Trump supporters withdrew from the Capitol, unmolested by the police.
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A line of people exit the Capitol building. One bloodied in the head and more came out who previously stormed the building. pic.twitter.com/0MF2aAp3Ly
— Matthew Miller (@mattmiller757) January 6, 2021
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CNN journalist Ali Zaslav showed the havoc left by the Trump mob.
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The ransacked office of the Senate Parliamentarian: pic.twitter.com/E7PsSgoAEX
— Ali Zaslav (@alizaslav) January 7, 2021
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Probably the most remarkable recordings were made by the team from the British broadcaster ITV around reporter Robert Moore, who filmed in the middle of the crowd when they stormed Parliament.
