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Greg Cook 0

When a Trump mob attacked and overran the U.S. Capitol to try to stop confirmation of Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, it was videoed by participants, journalists, victims and many more. To try to better understand what happened, I’ve collected many of those videos here to show how eyewitnesses to the attack saw it. I’ve tried to put the clips in rough chronological order, but the timing of much of the footage is inexact. I’ve endeavored as much as possible to draw on reputable sources, but I’ve not personally verified the content of the videos. Also there are a lot of clips so they may load slowly or incorrectly. Be warned: Some of the videos are extremely, graphically violent–including the violent beating of police and the shooting death of a member of the Trump mob.

Part One: Trump supporters fly into D.C., Trump’s speech, march to Capitol, Trump mob breeches first police line.

Part Two: Trump mob attacks journalists and police, breaks through final police line outside Capitol building, D.C. police defending West Terrace doors are beaten up but successfully hold back mob, West Virginia lawmaker raids Capitol.

Part Three: Trump mob invades Capitol building, Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman leads mob away from Senate, lawmakers evacuated and go into hiding, “It is not an exaggeration to say that many, many members of the House were nearly assassinated,” Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York says.

Part Four: Trump mob rampages inside Capitol building, arrives at Congressional chambers.

Part Five: Trump mob attacks Speaker’s Lobby and one member of them is shot dead.

Part Six: Republicans sheltering from mob refuse to wear coronavirus masks; offices of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Jeff Merkley and others attacked; Trump mob chants “Hang Mike Pence.”

Part Seven: “You’re on the wrong side,” Trump mob tells police, mob attacks journalists, reinforcements arrive, Trump mob relaxes in hotel lobby afterward,  police detain journalist, joint session of Congress resumes to certify Joe Biden’s victory in presidential election.

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Part One: Trump supporters fly into D.C., Trump’s speech, march to Capitol, Trump mob breeches first police line.

Dec. 5

Trump supporters harass passengers on plane to Washington, D.C.

Dec. 6

At the “Save America Rally” near White House, Donald Trump Jr. tells crowd, “Stand up and fight.”

Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani tells the rally crowd, “Let’s have trial by combat.” Meanwhile, at the Capitol, Republican politicians object to certification of Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election.

Noon:

“It’s a pure theft in American history,” Trump tells crowd at the “Save America Rally.” “All Vice President [Mike] Pence has to do is send it back to the states. … We will never give up. We will never concede. It doesn’t happen. You don’t concede when there’s theft involved. Our country has had enough. We will not take it any more. And that’s what this is all about. And to use a favorite term that all of you people really came up with, we will stop the steal. … We fight. We fight like hell. And if you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country any more. … We’re going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue. I love Pennsylvania Avenue. We’re going to the Capitol. And we’re going to try and give–the Democrats are hopeless, they’re never voting for anything, not even one vote. But we’re going to try and give our Republicans–the weak ones because the strong ones don’t need any of our help–we’re going to try to give them the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country. So let’s walk down Pennsylvania Avenue.”

Excerpts:

Full speech:

From “Save America Rally” to violent sacking of Capitol, overview from Washington Post:

Following Trump’s speech, Trump supporter Ashli Babbitt live-streams “walking to the Capitol in a mob.” She had spent six years in the D.C. Air National Guard’s 113th Air Wing, nicknamed the “Capital Guardians” for its mission to defend the Washington region and respond to civil unrest (it was mobilized to protect the Capitol later that day), the Washington Post reports. Later that day, Babbit was shot dead by Capitol defenders as she tried to invade the Speaker’s Lobby.

Trump mob attacks first line of police, pushing down fence, beating and knocking down officers:

Trump mob fights police:

Read the whole series:

Part One: Trump supporters fly into D.C., Trump’s speech, march to Capitol, Trump mob breeches first police line.

Part Two: Trump mob attacks journalists and police, breaks through final police line outside Capitol building, D.C. police defending West Terrace doors are beaten up but successfully hold back mob, West Virginia lawmaker raids Capitol.

Part Three: Trump mob invades Capitol building, Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman leads mob away from Senate, lawmakers evacuated and go into hiding, “It is not an exaggeration to say that many, many members of the House were nearly assassinated,” Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York says.

Part Four: Trump mob rampages inside Capitol building, arrives at Congressional chambers.

Part Five: Trump mob attacks Speaker’s Lobby and one member of them is shot dead.

Part Six: Republicans sheltering from mob refuse to wear coronavirus masks; offices of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi,  Sen. Jeff Merkley and others attacked; Trump mob chants “Hang Mike Pence.”

Part Seven: “You’re on the wrong side,” Trump mob tells police, mob attacks journalists, reinforcements arrive, Trump mob relaxes in hotel lobby afterward,  police detain journalist, joint session of Congress resumes to certify Joe Biden’s victory in presidential election.

If this is the kind of coverage of arts, cultures and activisms you appreciate, please support Wonderland by contributing to Wonderland on Patreon. And sign up for our free, (hopefully) weekly newsletter so that you don’t miss any of our reporting. (All content ©Greg Cook 2020 or the respective creators.)

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