Photos of the day: Unrest in Washington - Roll Call
Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., comforts Rep. Susan Wild, D-Pa., while taking cover as protesters disrupt the joint session of Congress. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Wednesday’s joint session to count the Electoral College was halted when pro-Trump rioters broke into the U.S. Capitol Building.
Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., a former army ranger who did tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, told CNN’s Dana Bash in an interview later Wednesday that he never thought he’d be in a situation like this at the U.S. Capitol.
“My friend Susan [Wild], of course, a dear friend, I wanted to make sure we were comforting each other,” he said, adding that he was in the chamber gallery with other members watching the debate below on the House floor when the mob stormed the building.
“The police weren’t able to get us out. So they actually closed and locked the doors and they started to take furniture and barricade the doors and the windows … as the mob tried to ram them down,” Crow told CNN. “The police had their guns out and were prepared to defend us on the House floor.”
Before the incident, the certification kicked off with a procession of the ballot boxes to the House chamber, while President Donald Trump and his supporters held a rally just outside the White House.
Here are the photos of the day, as seen through CQ Roll Call’s photographers, so far:
Protesters attempt to enter the Capitol at the House steps during a joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College vote on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)A U.S. Capitol Police officer maces a Trump rioter who broke through a window on the first floor of the Capitol on Wednesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)Trump supporters occupy the West Front of the Capitol and the inauguration stands on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., and other members take cover as protesters disrupt the joint session of Congress. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)A U.S. Capitol Police officer is treated for injuries on the first floor of the Capitol. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)Security barricades the door of the House chamber as protesters disrupt the joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College vote on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Reps. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., center, and Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, right, take cover as protesters disrupt the joint session of Congress. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Rep. Lou Correa, D-Calif., and other members take cover as protesters attempt to disrupt the joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College vote on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Trump supporters stand on a U.S. Capitol Police armored vehicle as others take over the steps of the Capitol on Wednesday, as Congress works to certify the electoral college votes. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Trump supporters take over the steps of the Capitol on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Chamber assistants carry Electoral College ballot boxes during a joint session of Congress to tally the electoral votes for the president and vice president in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)President Donald Trump speaks to supporters from the Ellipse at the White House on Wednesday as Congress prepares to certify the Electoral College votes. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Vice President Mike Pence makes his way to the House floor for a joint session of Congress to tally the Electoral College votes for the president and vice president in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)Thousands of Trump supporters gather on the National Mall near the Washington Monument for President Donald Trump’s speech. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)The Naked Cowboy poses for photos as thousands of Trump supporters gather on the National Mall near the Washington Monument on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
