CNN: Republican lawmaker says "despicable" Capitol riots were started by not telling people the trut

Republican lawmaker says "despicable" Capitol riots were started by not telling people the truth

Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger said riots at the Capitol were fueled by conspiracy theories, calling them "utterly despicable." He urged Republican leaders to "call it out forcefully" and hold people accountable.

"When you don't tell people the truth, you end up getting people to believe the conspiracies and the false proof, and you get Capitol storms like the one today. This is absolutely, utterly despicable, and every single Republican leader has got to call this out forcefully and be held accountable," Kinzinger told CNN.
""Anywhere else around the globe, we would call this a coup attempt. I think that's what this is," he added."

But Kinzinger said that he believes the democracy will prevail in the end.

"The guardrails of the democracy and the constitution will hold and we will succeed, and I think when this is over, we will look back and realize where this cancer has come from and go after it," he said.

HuffPost: DC Mayor has no authority over DC National Guard

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Unlike state governors, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser does not have the authority to deploy the District of Columbia National Guard in response to the situation unfolding at the Capitol. Trump is their chief commander.

Montgomery County police MD have arrived: CNN

They're moving in on the crowd at the Capitol

Team of local police officers from Maryland just arrived at US Capitol in riot gear

From CNN's Alex Marquardt reporting from Capitol Hill

Dozens of local police officers from Montgomery County, Maryland, just arrived at the US Capitol in riot gear.

They started pouring out of several vans and at least one armored vehicle on Constitution Ave. and are moving toward to the North side of the Capitol building.

CNN is reaching out to Montgomery County Police.

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Former Drumpf press secretary begs him to stop the siege: HuffPost

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Alyssa Farah, a former Trump White House communications official and Pence's former press secretary, implored Trump to call on his supporters to end their seige of the Capitol.

"Condemn this now, [Trump] -- you are the only one they will listen to," Farah tweeted. "For our country!"
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Ted Cruz brags about "leading the fight": HuffPost

Ryan GrenobleReporter
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) sends out a fundraising email amid chaos and violence at the Capitol, boasting about his role “leading the fight”:

Former DC police chief says Trump is responsible for lawless breach of the US Capitol: CNN

Former DC police chief says Trump is responsible for lawless breach of the US Capitol

Charles Ramsey, the former chief of the DC Metropolitan Police, called the breach of U.S. Capitol Wednesday afternoon by Pro-Trump protesters "as close to a coup attempt as this country has ever seen."

Asked by CNN's Jake Tapper what President Trump should do, Ramsey said, "What I would want the President to do is shut the hell up and get out of the way."

"I mean, the guy is — he's like a cancer, you know," Ramsey added.

"He stirred them up and got the whole thing going. This is as close to a coup attempt as this country has ever seen. That's what you're looking at, folks, that's what you're looking at and it's absolutely ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous, and a lot of people are responsible for this."

Reports of Pipe Bombs in DC CNN nt

Federal and local law enforcement responding to reports of possible pipe bombs across DC

From CNN’s Evan Perez

Federal and local law enforcement are responding to reports of possible pipe bombs in multiple locations in Washington, DC.

It’s unclear if the devices are real or a hoax, but they’re being treated as real.