At one point, a rioter with a Confederate flag was seen outside the Senate chamber. Multiple Trump supporters flew the flag outside the Capitol.
The Department of Defense announced Wednesday afternoon that additional National Guard troops were being activated to support federal law enforcement in Washington, DC. The White House press secretary said Trump had made the decision to bolster the small National Guard force activated before the protests.
Virginia and Maryland said they were sending additional law-enforcement personnel to the city in response to the unrest. Virginia said it was also contributing National Guard personnel.
Amid the chaos, Trump slammed Pence in a tweet. Mike Pence didn t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify, he said. USA demands the truth!