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People in the House gallery took cover as protesters tried to break in. | AP Photo/Andrew Harnik
With a big assist from Eleanor Mueller and Heather Caygle.
Your Huddle host was in the U.S. Capitol to cover the GOP efforts to challenge President-elect Joe Biden’s win when a group of rogue pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol complex. They were driven by rage and the illusion, amplified by the president, that the election was stolen from them.