I've covered wars oversees. I lived in Cairo during the revolution and the aftermath. Watching what happened today at the Capitol was eerily familiar to scenes I've seen take place across the world. I want to lay out a very rough timeline here from my reporting today. Thread.
Reflecting back on the last several hours it's remarkable how long it took to get the situation even somewhat under control at the Capitol
As the day started there were Capitol police on site. There were also about 300 or so NG deployed in the area to help with “security” —basically at checkpoints/manning the area.
Pence arrived at the Capitol around 12:45 or 1. A statement comes out around 12:55 that Pence will not try and block the Biden’s electors. Crowds started to grow a little bigger in front of the steps.
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