Capitol was briefly locked down after reports that a woman with a gun was attempting to enter the building. Tourists sat in the visitors’ gallery in the Senate, apparently unaware of what was transpiring. In the Senate, lawmakers were delivering speeches from the floor. Police had sent an email to congressional staff advising them to close and lock doors and stay away from external doors and windows.īoth the House and Senate were in session, with House members voting. and the all clear was given over a loudspeaker at 4:45 p.m. Officers then stopped a person at the intersection of 1st and D Streets, Northwest, which is two blocks from the Capitol and outside the Labor Department, Kim said. In a statement on Twitter, the DC National Guard said it deployed soldiers and airmen to the Capitol complex this afternoon to support the US Capitol Police. Capitol and its office buildings were briefly locked down Tuesday, the second time in a week amid nervousness over recent shootings.ĭistrict of Columbia police spokeswoman Alice Kim said officers were alerted to a man with a gun near Fort McNair in Southwest Washington, about a mile and a half south of the Capitol, shortly after 4 p.m. The US Capitol lockdown was lifted just after 3pm local time, after over an hour of restrictions. But over and over, the courts rejected these claims including all-star judges whom the President himself has nominated," he said.WASHINGTON - The U.S. "Dozens of lawsuits received hearings in courtrooms all across our country. McConnell noted in his remarks that he supported Trump's "right to use the legal system." "They've all spoken. If we overrule them it would damage our republic forever. This election actually was not unusually close. Just in recent history, 20 were all closer than this one. The electoral college margin is almost identical to what it was in 2016," he continued. ET pushing demonstrators off the steps on the east side of the building. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., shouted to Republicans, This is because. The US Capitol Police worked to secure the second floor of the Capitol first, and were seen just before 5 p.m.
As Capitol Police closed the doors to lock down the House floor, Rep. "We cannot simply declare ourselves a national board of elections on the voters, the courts, when all states have all spoken," he continued. Capitol police officers point their guns at a door that was vandalized in the House Chamber during a joint session of Congress on Jan.
"Every election we know features some illegality and irregularity and of course that's unacceptable. I support strong state-led voting reforms. Last year's bizarre pandemic procedures must not become the new norm. But my colleagues, nothing before us proves illegality anywhere near the massive scale, the massive scale that would have tipped the entire election. Nor can public doubt alone justify a radical break when the doubt itself was incited without any evidence." Capitol was put on lockdown on Monday morning due to an 'external security threat' as the West Front of the Capitol, where the inauguration is slated to happen Wednesday, was evacuated. SACRAMENTO A man who allegedly made a credible threat to the California Capitol building Thursday, disrupting the legislative session, was arrested, law enforcement officials said. Every Democrat and some Republicans will reject the challenges in both chambers, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. The objections during today's formal count of electoral votes from all 50 states and the District of Columbia will not change the results of the election. Remember: There is no evidence of widespread voter fraud, and there is no evidence that electors from the electoral college were fraudulently chosen, as all states have certified their elections. For those on the democratic aisle who say there is no evidence they've been rejected, then you should rest in comfort if that's the case, an electoral commission would reject those claims," Cruz said.Ĭruz ended his remarks by urging his colleagues to not take "the easy path, but instead act together, astonish the viewers and act in a bipartisan sense to say we will have a credible and fair tribunal, consider the facts, consider the claims, consider the evidence." Consider the evidence and resolve the claims. That we appoint an electoral commission to conduct a 10 day emergency audit. And what I would urge of this body is that we do the same.
"Five house members, five senators, five supreme court justices, examined the evidence and rendered a judgment.
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