perform his ceremonial duty. ivanka standing next to kellogg near a grandfather clock in the back of the room had a hard time litening to her father badger the vice president to do something she knew wasn t possible. after hanging up with pence trump went back into the dining room to check on the crowd in the tv and ivanka trump followed her father and tried to convince him to see the situation but she was unpersuasive. as soon as she saw on the television in her second floor office that the rioters were inside the capitol ivanka trump said to her aides, i m going down to my dad, this has to stop. she spent several hours walking back and forth to the oval trying to persuade the president to be stronger in telling his supporters he stood with law enforcement and ordered them to reverse. as soon as ivanka returned upstairs, meadows would call her