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Wednesday, January 6, 2021

Huffman Under Capitol Lockdown, Calls for Trump to be Prosecuted

Posted By Kimberly Wear @kimberly_wear on Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 11:53 AM

SECOND UPDATE:

North Coast Rep. Jared Huffman says Congress will not be intimidated by a mob of pro-Trump rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol today, leaving at least one person dead, and will finish their duty to certify Joe Biden’s election.

Today, our country and democracy were attacked by domestic terrorists, egged on by Trump.

But we will not be intimidated into abandoning our Constitutional duty. Once the Capitol has been secured, we will continue our work to certify the election results.
— Rep. Jared Huffman (@RepHuffman) January 6, 2021

He also tweeted that he and his staff were safe after being placed on lockdown.

UPDATE:

North Coast Congressmember Jared Huffman voices appreciation to those "struggling to protect us from a violent coup" while under lockdown at the U.S. Capitol but asks why there was not a greater response.

The D.C. National Guard has since been deployed.

Grateful to all the first responders who are struggling to protect us from a violent coup. But also wondering why this mob of white nationalist terrorists seems to have been given the Kyle Rittenhouse treatment, at least initially.
— Rep. Jared Huffman (@JaredHuffman) January 6, 2021

PREVIOUS:

Huffman is calling for the criminal prosecution of the president for sedition, saying “this has gone too far” as Trump protestors storm the U.S. Capitol as the certification of Joe Biden’s election was being debated on the Senate floor. He is under lock down.

Never imagined I would be locked down in the US Capitol trying to ride out a violent coup attempt led by an American President.
— Rep. Jared Huffman (@JaredHuffman) January 6, 2021

OK threshold crossed - it's time to criminally prosecute Donald Trump for sedition. This has gone way too far.
— Rep. Jared Huffman (@JaredHuffman) January 6, 2021

The rioters marched to the Capitol at the president's urging after he addressed the crowd near the White House, saying, “We will never give up. We will never concede. It doesn’t happen,” according to reports in the New York Times, which has ongoing updates of the increasingly tense situation here.

Members of Congress are being evacuated.

The world is watching in horror as these thugs - terrorists really - try to forcefully overturn American democracy. https://t.co/NGMT99CoEP
— Rep. Jared Huffman (@JaredHuffman) January 6, 2021

Earlier, Huffman described the scene before the Capitol was breached, "the Trump mob is screaming and chanting, sirens are blaring everywhere and there are lots of explosion sounds, which I assume is gas grenades."