Not just democrats like Speaker Nancy Pelosi and steny hoyer, but republicans like Vice President pence, Senate Majority leader mitch mcconnell, Majority Whip john thune and countless other appointees across the administration. All of them did what President Trump was not doing, what he simply refused to do. Take a listen. Theyre taking the north front, staff only. Were not going to be able to hold. The door has been breached. People are gaining access into the capitol. Senator schumer is at a secure location. Theyre locked down in the senate. There has to be some way we can maintain the sense that people have, that theres some security, some confidence that government can function and that we can elect the president of the United States. Did we go back into session . Did go back into session. But now apparently everybody on the floor is putting on gas masks to prepare for a breach. Theyre putting on Tear Gas Masks . We need an area for the house members. Theyre all walking through the
not just democrats like speaker nancy pelosi and steny hoyer, but republicans like vice president pence, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, majority whip john thune and countless other appointees across the administration. all of them did what president trump was not doing, what he simply refused to do. take a listen. they re taking the north front, staff only. we re not going to be able to hold. the door has been breached. people are gaining access into the capitol. senator schumer is at a secure location. they re locked down in the senate. there has to be some way we can maintain the sense that people have, that there s some security, some confidence that government can function and that we can elect the president of the united states. did we go back into session? did go back into session. but now apparently everybody on the floor is putting on gas masks to prepare for a breach. they re putting on tear gas masks? we need an area for the house members. the
chaos, kevin mccarthy implored donald trump to tell his supporters and the mob to leave the capitol, and when that the network, mccarthy called trump s adult children to try to get them to deceit with trump to call off the insurrection violence. at our prior hearings, we showed you a description of what mccarthy told republican congresswoman jaime herrera butler, about his conversation with trump during the violence. another witness, rick mulvaney, trump s former chief of staff, has also come forward and corroborated her shocking account. i asked kevin mccarthy, the republican leader, about this. he finally got through to donald trump and said, you ve got to get on tv, you ve got to get on twitter, got to call these people off. you know the president said to him? this is not what is happening. he said kevin, these are my people. these are antifa. kevin responded, no, these are your people. they literally came through my