U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence was pulled from the House Chamber floor as protesters supporting U.S. President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol building on Wednesday.
Video emerged showing protesters inside the building being escorted by security. It is unclear whether the building will be entering a lockdown.
The protests interrupted Congress as Republican lawmakers mounted their first official challenge to the certification of Joe Biden’s presidential election win, objecting to state results from Arizona as they took up Trump’s relentless effort to overturn the election results in an extraordinary joint session of Congress.
Amid the protests, celebs have taken to Twitter in reaction:
As a United States Citizen, and the daughter of two veterans, and the sister of another, I am ashamed of what is happening in Washington. Hypocrisy, shame,
Embarrassment. Unpatriotic hypocritical sheep drinking poison Kool aid. This a sad day for America.— P!nk (@Pink) January 6, 2021
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— Kim Cattrall (@KimCattrall) January 6, 2021
What message does it send to the world that our Capitol building can be so easily breached?? This is so disturbing.
— Charlie Puth (@charlieputh) January 6, 2021
The irony is pretty funny………weren’t people just wild animals in the summer for demanding justice and now?
……Let me just watch. — iamcardib (@iamcardib) January 6, 2021
And y’all better NOT BE OUTSIDE!!These are wild thugs out here ! Stay home.This ain’t our business.Stay at home safe but dangerous!
— iamcardib (@iamcardib) January 6, 2021
Holy Shit our nations capitol is under attack by terrorists.
— RainnWilson (@rainnwilson) January 6, 2021
Hey, America…. are you ok??
— Armie Hammer (@armiehammer) January 6, 2021
THIS! https://t.co/kpeNv2MZxz
— Marcus Stroman (@STR0) January 6, 2021
It’s a good thing this wasn’t a BLM rally or else these assholes would have actual riot police to deal with.
— Armie Hammer (@armiehammer) January 6, 2021
CNN is calling them the Pro-Trump mob, while Fox refers to them as protestors. Let’s remember what the latter referred to ANY supporter of #BLM not so long ago…
— Antoni Porowski (@antoni) January 6, 2021
While Congress is in session, they should vote to impeach him again.
Maybe NOW the Republicans in the Senate will vote to remove him.
Not that that will stop him from declaring martial law and trying to use that as a reason to stay in office beyond January 20th.
— yvette nicole brown (@YNB) January 6, 2021
What the actual fuck? https://t.co/R0IYVgjuke
— shonda rhimes (@shondarhimes) January 6, 2021
WHERE IS THE NATIONAL GUARD?!?
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) January 6, 2021
Are we still waiting for a few sensible Republicans to gently ask trump to resign immediately? #TrumpCult https://t.co/raH2uOjhVf
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) January 6, 2021
I pray for the safety of our Congress. #TrumpFailedAmerica #Congress #SeditionSenators #25thAmendmentNow https://t.co/OSiqVSKQpJ
— Lea Thompson (@LeaKThompson) January 6, 2021
YOU LOST BRO GO HOME
— Aisha Tyler (@aishatyler) January 6, 2021
Maybe authorities should respond with AT LEAST ONE TENTH the force they used against BLM protests in the street. https://t.co/lHYN5Wo0e8
— Brent Butt (@BrentButt) January 6, 2021
@realDonaldTrump is going to prison. HE MUST. Period. — Jeffrey Georgia On My Mind Wright (@jfreewright) January 6, 2021
What the actual fuck is happening in America….
— Alex Newell (@thealexnewell) January 6, 2021
Where’s the law and order??
— Holly Robinson Peete
(@hollyrpeete) January 6, 2021
Oh my fucking god. Protestors in the Capitol.
— Jonathan Van Ness (@jvn) January 6, 2021
So / this was black live matter security – but when white people with confederate flags want to terrorize congress – come on in – coup – a joke https://t.co/KT4S7NWvjm
— John Cusack (@johncusack) January 6, 2021
This is either a dereliction of duty by the Capital Police or a complicit desire to not plan for the known threat of chaos today. Either way, this is inexcusable. If you can be prepared for imaginary ANTIFA protestors, you had no business not prepping for these actual terrorists.
— Josh Gad (@joshgad) January 6, 2021
This is a coup attempt on behalf of Trump and his complicit allies. This is All on Trump and his administration. The cowards in the GOP must be held accountable. #CoupAttempt
— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) January 6, 2021
Maybe these nazis should have been stopped when they sailed past security.
— Ellen Barkin (@EllenBarkin) January 6, 2021
This is not America https://t.co/FTbe56KkwW
— Chloë Grace Moretz (@ChloeGMoretz) January 6, 2021
This is what you incentivized https://t.co/bx9MlognlQ
— Chloë Grace Moretz (@ChloeGMoretz) January 6, 2021
Impeach him.
Remove him.
Arrest him. https://t.co/mTnJsVcsu2
— Jon Cryer (@MrJonCryer) January 6, 2021
https://twitter.com/ItsJoshPeck/status/1346907466525765635
All of this for Donald Trump. A fucking clown if there ever was one. What a country.
— billy eichner (@billyeichner) January 6, 2021
.@DeptofDefense WHERE IS THE NATIONAL GUARD?? WHAT THE FUCK COUNTRY ARE WE LIVING IN??
— Megan Mullally (@MeganMullally) January 6, 2021
Can some explain this FUCKERY! pic.twitter.com/H2jh7UgDcp
— Leslie Jones
(@Lesdoggg) January 6, 2021
More to come.