When asked by Fox News host Bret Baier if he believed Donald Trump should speak out more aggressively about the violent insurrection that happened at the Capitol today, Republican Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz responded:

“Look, I’ve spent five years with everyone trying to say what the President should say or shouldn’t say,” Gaetz said.  “All I can tell ya is my view of what happened today does not represent the Trump supporters who I’ve gotten to know and love, the thousands and millions of them who I spent a lot of time with over the last four years and really intensely over the course of the last six months.  I think the president was right to tell people to be peaceful, to keep the protest peaceful, to stop anything that wasn’t peaceful, but I think he ought to do what he always does:  he ought to keep talking to this because I think there’s a lot of Americans out there who are rattled by what they saw.  You know I understand a sixteen year old young woman who was shot, you know maybe she was doing terrible things and deserved to be shot, but as we– When people breach these lines and they go after cops–You know, we’re the– we’re the party that talks about law and order and respecting cops.  We shouldn’t be taking them on and challenging them.  You know, I work in the Capitol and I worked in the White House; I think these are very sacred places.  I- I- I want people to be able to aggressively disagree with politicians from the other party but there’s got to be some rules of the road and some boundaries and these people crossed it today.”

Gaetz was careful to mention that he wants people to aggressively pursue members of “the other party,” not his own.

Note:  The identification of the woman shot at the Capitol today has not been released, nor has her age.  She died after being wheeled out of the Capitol with a Trump flag around her neck.

Update 1/6/21 6:34 PM: Twitter has apparently deleted this tweet, which to the best of my knowledge is the first time this has occurred.

We called it here last night, and as usual the lamestream media is behind National Zero. Jon Ossoff defeats David Perdue and is the next Senator from Georgia, which along with Rev Raphael Warnock’s defeat of Senator Kelly Loeffler, hands control of the chamber to the Dems, NBC reports.

Thousands of pro-Trump supporters stormed the United States Capitol on Wednesday, overwhelming a sparse law enforcement presence, after a speech from outgoing president Donald Trump in which he stoked anger and violence about debunked conspiracy theories regarding his loss in the November election to President-elect Joe Biden.

The violent insurrection of the Capitol occurred while a joint session of Congress was tallying the Electoral College votes, a pro-forma procedure, to formally name Biden as the next president.

Protesters invaded the floors of the House and the Senate, as well the offices of many Congressmen, including the office of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.

BREAKING: Protesters are on the Senate floor now: pic.twitter.com/k4Q0ln8pZs

— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) January 6, 2021

MSNBC aired video of a woman being wheeled out of the Capitol building, her head bloodied and blood covering her face. No details and video will be posted as available.

“Militia members have gathered outside the Georgia Capitol. Brad Raffensperger and senior staff have been escorted out to safety” – Washington Post political reporter Amy Gardner.

Guess it might be a while before he makes an official call on that Senate runoff election that happened eight months ago.

“Armed standoff on House floor. Police pointing guns at protestors who have broken glass door” reports Bloomberg Congressional Correspondent Erik Wasson.

Please support our Capitol Police and Law Enforcement. They are truly on the side of our Country. Stay peaceful!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2021

Too late to stop this one however

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1346900434540240897

AP: “The Justice Department disclosed on Wednesday that it was among the federal agencies harmed by a massive breach of government networks that U.S. officials have linked to Russia. The extent of the damage was unclear. The department said that 3% of its Microsoft Office 365 email accounts were potentially affected, but did not say to whom those accounts belonged. There are no indications that classified systems were affected, the agency said.”

“The department said it detected on Dec. 24 ‘previously unknown malicious activity’ linked to the broader intrusions of federal agencies revealed earlier that month, according to a statement from spokesman Marc Raimondi. The statement came one day after federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies formally implicated Russia in the intrusions, which officials said were part of a suspected intelligence gathering operation. President Donald Trump had previously raised without evidence the idea that China could be to blame.”

“The US Capitol is now on lockdown” reports CNN White House Correspondent Kaitlan Collins.

“This is scary. Pence has left the Capitol, presumably for security reasons. A Capitol police officer just called on the press gallery to lock the doors. Police in chamber. We have been locked in” reports CBS News Political Correspondent Grace Segers.

Capitol Hill appears to be in a state of anarchy, as a violent horde of Antifa-hating, law and order-loving, Back The Blue Trump fans have begun attacking police officers on their way to kill every Democrat and RINO in Congress. Multiple buildings in the area have been evacuated, reports CNN White House Correspondent Kaitlan Collins.

After having said in his speech that he would lead the march from the ellipse to the Capitol, Trump got into a car and went back to the White House, Collins also reported.

MAGA asshole Paul Gosar objects to his own state, Arizona “‘on the grounds that they were not regularly given’. ‘The two houses withdraw’ to deliberate on the objection” per CNN’s Joe Johns.

“After an election with significant allegations of voting irregularities and numerous instances of officials setting aside state election law, I share the concerns of millions of Americans about the integrity of this election. The American people choose the American President, and have every right under the law to demand free and fair elections and a full investigation of electoral misconduct. As presiding officer, I will do my duty to ensure that these concerns receive a fair and open hearing in the Congress of the United States. Objections will be heard, evidence will be presented, and the elected representatives of the American people will make their decision… It is my considered judgment that my oath to support and defend the Constitution constrains me from claiming unilateral authority to determine which electoral votes should be counted and which should not.”

“While my role as presiding officer is largely ceremonial, the role of the Congress is much different, and the Electoral Count Act of 1887 establishes a clear procedure to address election controversies when they arise during the count of the vote of the Electoral College. Given the voting irregularities that took place in our November elections and the disregard of state election statutes by some officials, I welcome the efforts of Senate and House members who have stepped forward to use their authority under the law to raise objections and present evidence. As presiding officer, I will ensure that any objections that are sponsored by both a Representative and a Senator are given proper consideration, and that all facts supporting those objections are brought before the Congress and the American people. Those who suggest that raising objections under the Electoral Count Act is improper or undemocratic ignore more than 130 years of history, and fail to acknowledge that Democrats raised objections in Congress each of the last three times that a Republican candidate for President prevailed” – Statement from Vice President Mike Pence via MSNBC’s Kyle Cheney.

“Joe Biden has selected Judge Merrick Garland to serve as his attorney general, according to two people with knowledge of the decision. Biden selected Garland over former Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) and former deputy attorney general Sally Yates, choosing to elevate the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals in D.C. to run the Justice Department” – Politico.

“A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true” is literally the Martin Luther King Jr quote Louie Gohmert used to open his petition seeking to authorize Pence to nullify Biden’s win. From The Hill’s Supreme Court reporter John Kruzel.

Trump’s appearance at The Ellipse was supposed to be at 11:00 am EST. Thousands of his fans are waiting out in the cold for him to appear. He lives a block away from the site. They’re there to protest his loss in the 2020 election, which was two months ago.

https://youtu.be/lZbHir2K4kY