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Patrick O’Heffernan, Ajijic. After being told by President Trump to go to the Capitol, a rally turned into a mob of an estimated 10,000 that stormed the US Capitol, breaching the barriers around the Capitol, breaking windows in the Capitol, overwhelming police and invading the US Congress , occupying the Senate Chamber, stopping the certification of the votes from the Presidential election.  The Vice President and the Speaker of the House were evacuated and Members of Congress were told to shelter under the desks in their offices. 

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National Guard, FBI  and SWAT teams cleared the building with teargas and in one case, gunfire which injured a member of the mob who was attacking police.  The mob was pushed out of the building by 5 pm, according to observers inside the Congress.  President-elect Biden called upon President Trump to g o national television to call for and end to the violence, but Trump demurred, waiting several hours to tweet two lukewarm calls to his supporters to respect the police, and not be violent. 

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