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Tommy Carcetti

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65. I remember first hearing reports about protesters in the Capitol...

Reply to electric_blue68 (Original post)

Tue Jan 6, 2026, 09:42 PM

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…but I initially assumed they were like other protesters at the Capitol in the past, where they enter through security, go to some of the offices, say their piece and then leave.

Then I recalled seeing a tweet from a Congress person being evacuated—that’s the first sense I knew something was wrong.

Then I remember seeing pictures of insurrectionists at the Senate dais and my heart dropped to my stomach.

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