The Atlantic
The veteran congressional reporter shares his firsthand experience of the pro-Trump mob storming the Capitol.
January 9, 2021
People shelter in the House gallery as protesters try to break into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.AP / Andrew Harnik
John Bresnahan has covered Congress for decades, previously as
Politico’s Capitol Hill bureau chief and now as co-founder of Punchbowl News. On the podcast
The Ticket, he describes what he saw inside the building as a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol this week and what implications the searing event could have going forward.