TAPPER: “I want to bring in Pamela Brown right now, because Pamela, we’re only seeing some of the violence on the outside of the Capitol Building. You have more information about what’s going on inside in this armed insurrection, in this attempted coup by President Trump and his supporters. Tell us more.”
BROWN: “Well, to tell you just how out of control this has gotten, a woman is now in critical condition after being shot in the chest on the Capitol grounds. This is according to two sources familiar with the matter. The sources couldn’t provide any further details on the circumstances of the shooting, but sources I’ve spoken to and to my colleague, Noah Gray, are telling us that there were shots fired there on the Capitol grounds, and they additionally add that a woman is now in critical condition after being shot in the chest on Capitol grounds. Again, we don’t know the circumstances surrounding that, but that just tells you, right there, how much this has escalated, how quickly he’s escalated, and how out of control this has gotten. I’m told from a local source on the ground, a law enforcement source, that police from surrounding areas, from Montgomery County, Maryland, from George’s County, Maryland, from Virginia State Police, have all been called in by MPD to help them with these overwhelming crowds, the chaos and the anarchy that’s taking place right now.”
TAPPER: “Horrible, horrible news. Blood now spilled. We don’t know any more details about it, but again, this is violence that has been inspired by President Trump, by President Trump supporters, by Senator Cruz, by Senator Hawley, by the more than 100 members of the House who were objecting to the constitutional responsibilities, the fact that Joe Biden was elected. It is an absolutely disgraceful moment in American history and there are specific villains who are responsible for it.”