.@RepWilson: "I was scared to come to the Capitol, because I've had Trump supporters call my home saying they were going to kill me and others have sent me a noose." https://bit.ly/3qjmg91 pic.twitter.com/IkuAepgrJr
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.@RepWilson: "I was scared to come to the Capitol, because I've had Trump supporters call my home saying they were going to kill me and others have sent me a noose." https://bit.ly/3qjmg91 pic.twitter.com/IkuAepgrJr
Shortly after 1 p.m., VP Pence and senators joined House members in the House chamber to start a session to confirm election results. Then, each went to their separate chambers to debate challenges.
@RepSpanberger: "All of a sudden, there was a rumble of tenseness in the room."pic.twitter.com/ClNT3PD43t
.@RepMarieNewman: "I started seeing rioters scale a wall around 1 or 2 p.m. It looked like a practiced military exercise; I saw some even had maps in their hands. I kept thinking the National Guard would show up in a jiffy, but they didn't."https://bit.ly/3qjmg91
The rioters broke into the Capitol about 2:15 p.m. Both chambers adjourned a few minutes later.
@RepLawrence: "Soon after, we heard banging on the door. ... I thought 'Oh my God. Am I going to die today? Is this it? Am I going to die today?'" https://bit.ly/3qjmg91 pic.twitter.com/qpOkqKs0bs
.@RepEscobar: "I could not believe that these people had made it all the way up the Capitol steps and that our constitutional duty was being obstructed. It had not really clicked in a meaningful way just how much danger we were in." https://bit.ly/3qjmg91 pic.twitter.com/egqjpR4NoN
Members of Congress were instructed to put on these gas masks. https://bit.ly/3qjmg91 pic.twitter.com/z5ofXH1wOx
Rep. @RosaDeLauro: "I was lying on the floor, and I had very little juice left in my phone, but I called my husband. I was afraid to say 'I love you,' because it harkened back to 9/11."https://bit.ly/3qjmg91
.@RepSaraJacobs: "When the elevator doors opened, we started running through hallways. ... I remember thinking to myself over and over again: I don't even know how to get out in normal times. It's my fourth day. I don't know how to get out." https://bit.ly/3qjmg91 pic.twitter.com/WaGtmt8qsU
Rep. @NormaJTorres: "...my son, who is a police officer, called me. I answered the phone and said, 'Sweetheart, I'm fine, and I'm running for my life. I cannot talk to you right now.'" https://bit.ly/3qjmg91 pic.twitter.com/JRfUfn8rEL
.@RepTeresaLF: "When my son and I finally got home ... he looked at me and said, 'I just need to be by myself,' and I thought, 'My God, this kid just went through a traumatic event.' That's when I cried ... All the trauma just keeps building."https://bit.ly/3qjmg91
.@RepFletcher: "I volunteered at a domestic abuse shelter, and it felt like people kept saying, 'don't impeach the president or it might happen again.' That's just the language of abuse."
Read the full story by @marielpadilla_:https://bit.ly/3qjmg91
The detail that Congresspeople saw rioters with long guns pinned down on the floor by Capitol police - that hasn't been reported before, has it?
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