Insurrection: Startling Images Capture Mob of Trump Supporters Storming Capitol Hill Forcing Evacuation, Lockdown

Images few Americans imagined they might ever see flooded the airwaves Wednesday, as what was being described by some as nothing short of a coup attempt on behalf of the sitting president of the United States of America led to a lockdown and evacuation at Capitol Hill.
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Images few Americans imagined they might ever see flooded the airwaves Wednesday, as a mob rioting on behalf of the sitting president of the United States of America led to a lockdown and evacuation of Capitol Hill.

Here are just a few of the stunning images captured Wednesday.

U.S. Capitol police officers point their guns at a door that was vandalized in the House Chamber during a joint session of Congress. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)1
Supporters of President Donald Trump enter the U.S. Capitol as tear gas fills the corridor. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
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Supporters of President Trump protest in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

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A supporter of President Trump inside the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
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Police hold back supporters of President Trump as they gather outside the U.S. Capitol. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)
A U.S. Capitol police officer wears a gas mask as supporters of President Trump entered the Capitol. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
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(Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
A supporter of President Trump sits inside the office of U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi as he protested inside the U.S. Capitol. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
A U.S. Capitol police officer shoots pepper spray at a demonstrator attempting to enter the U.S. Capitol during a protest in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Photographer: Kevin Dietsch/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump breach a door of the U.S. Capitol as a joint session of Congress to count the votes of the 2020 presidential election takes place in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Photographer: Erin Scott/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Demonstrators breaches barricades to enter the U.S. Capitol during a protest at the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Photographer: Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images