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Domestic terrorism. Insurrection. Insanity.
That’s what elected officials from New Mexico called what happened when a mob of right-wing Trump supporters stormed and briefly took over the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, as the House and Senate were debating challenges to election results based on unfounded conspiracy theories about voter fraud.
The Senate voted against any objections that would undermine the majority of voters in any states. While the House also defeated the attempt to challenge the electors in Arizona, more than half of the Republican caucus voted in favor of overturning the election results, including New Mexico’s only Republican member of the delegation. The debate on Pennsylvania’s electors continued late Wednesday evening.
On Wednesday, a crowd of Trump supporters, some armed, also gathered at the Roundhouse, which was evacuated as protesters attempted and in some cases succeeded in entering state capitol buildings across the country.
The protest in Santa Fe did not include rioting.
The chaos in Washington, D.C. included tense scenes of members of the House and Senate evacuating the chambers as protesters swarmed past capitol police.
Vice President Mike Pence, who was presiding over the Senate, was also evacuated to an undisclosed location.
