THREAD: I accompanied protesters all the way to the Senate Gallery doors.pic.twitter.com/4Ct33bSadC
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Here’s another clip taken immediately after the perimeter was breached. You can see that tear gas had virtually no effect on the crowdpic.twitter.com/3rxu91IEPE
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Some hoisted Trump flags on the steps of the Inauguration bleacherspic.twitter.com/V0sOm19CRH
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You can see how hectic things were as I entered The Capitolpic.twitter.com/b9CXV8URvd
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As I walked to the House doors through Statuary Hall, there were virtually no police insidepic.twitter.com/AqTRxD5n5K
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Reinforcements eventually arrived and forced everyone away from the doorspic.twitter.com/wuZRyJvmlH – at Floor of The House of Representatives
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Once the doors were secured, we were pushed back into The Capitol Domepic.twitter.com/87Y1znHQ8b
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A man lit up a doobie under the Capitol Domepic.twitter.com/2WeoYoc6uD – at United States Capitol Rotunda
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Another Capitol Rotunda pot smokerpic.twitter.com/RRqQ7nNWoW – at United States Capitol Rotunda
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Police eventually arrived in the Rotunda amidst “USA” chantspic.twitter.com/hD2HchQ8Vi – at United States Capitol Rotunda
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Protesters clashed with police inside The Rotundapic.twitter.com/c7dJ18swzT – at United States Capitol Rotunda
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Law enforcement dressed in tactical gear arrived shortly afterpic.twitter.com/mnVv5cEs9e – at United States Capitol Rotunda
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While sandwiched in between police and a mob of pushing protesters, one officer swiped my Congressional press credential while I was attempting to display it. Still haven’t gotten it back yet.pic.twitter.com/NE48zrW5Bv – at United States Capitol Rotunda
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At one point you can hear an officer say “everyone in here is under arrest,” but we were eventually escorted out of the Rotunda and police let us gopic.twitter.com/0Vdch9Y2pX
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Police struggled to close the front doors just outside The Capitolpic.twitter.com/v97O3PnyRk
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As the door to The Capitol was being closed I nearly lost my phone and lacerated my elbow on the broken window. After that I decided to call it a day.pic.twitter.com/Wri1fke9Pg
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