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Jan 08, 2021 05:34 AM EST
Supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol building during its session on Wednesday, breaking windows, scaling the walls, and vandalizing the 200-year-old building. One particular person among them is a Filipino holding a walis tambo, a type of broom in the Philippine households. Walis Tambo
Journalists managed to capture peculiar moments of the protest: a man posing beside a historical statue, a person sitting in a congressman s desk, a person stealing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi s podium, someone waving the confederate flag in front of a backdrop of the American flag, and the most absurd moment: a Filipino waving around a walis tambo.