protected, and undeniably sleek. depend. the only thing stronger than us, is you. the mob starts pouring in. josh pruitt and following the other proud boys through an opened door. what do you do? walk into the front door.
directly to the floor of the u.s. house of representatives. members and their staff just steps away. reinforcements arrive. three uniformed officers holding the doorstep aside. all that separates members of congress from the mob is a wood and glass door barricaded with furniture. he s got a gun. he s got a gun! in that split second, ashli babbitt tries to climb through a broken window. that s one of the hardest parts about seeing the video is you just want to grab her and shake her and be like, dammit, ashli. why did you have to do that? you know? it sounds like a fuckin gunshot. ashli babbitt is shot. i know gunshots pretty well.
mine because i was scared. i was absolutely scared just seeing that fear. it s something i don t think i ll ever forget. a full-scale riot is under way outside the capitol. yvonne st. cyr has no idea what awaits her. i was so kpexcited to get to the capitol. i just wanted to see what would happen. 1:11 we started marching. 1776! alex jones, the conspiracy theory profiteer with the organizer of stop the steal, ali alexander in tow, begins his own march to the capitol grounds. this is history happening! i skipped, literally skipped with my flag all the way to the capitol. in the crowd, ashli babbitt. we are walking to the capitol in a mob. there s an estimated over 3 million people here today. so despite what the media tells you, boots on ground definitely say something different.
when i walk into the front door, the cops were at the door and standing on the side and waving people in. the video i saw at that moment was a couple of cops overwhelmed by a mob. well, you didn t watch all the videos then. i didn t? i think i did. here is josh pruitt walking through the door, 70 seconds after the window breaks. it is almost the same moment rioters smashing windows on the east side. they re attempting to break the windows. armed with sticks and flag poles.
he did a great job. there were a lot of eugene goodman that day that did a lot of great heroic things and people will never know their names. there are now hundreds in the mob. roaming halls and banging on doors and taking photos and videos. some members of congress are being escorted to safety but scattered behind doors. i remember telling my colleagues that we need to go into lockdown. inside house speaker pelosi s office, her staffers rushed into the conference room. we start hearing the banging. and i am like the hooting and