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D.C. Enacts Lockdowns After Trump Supporters Storm Capitol, Force Evacuations

Ryan Saavedra
D.C. Enacts Lockdowns After Trump Supporters Storm Capitol, Force Evacuations
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Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser announced on Wednesday afternoon that she was instituting a citywide curfew for the entire city at 6:00 in response to Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol building, which forced an evacuation while forcing others to shelter in place. There also appears to be an armed standoff inside one of the chambers.

Newly-elected Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) tweeted out a video of one of the incidents that unfolded in the nation’s capital following a rally that President Donald Trump held.

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