Wikipedia Timeline of the 2021 United States Capitol attack
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The following article is a broad timeline of the course of events surrounding the attack on the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, by rioters supporting United States President Donald Trump's attempts to overturn his defeat in the 2020 presidential election. Pro-Trump rioters stormed the United States Capitol after assembling on the Ellipse of the Capitol complex for a rally headlined as the "Save America March".
At the rally, Donald Trump Jr., Rudy Giuliani, and several Republican members of Congress addressed the crowd, repeating unfounded claims of electoral fraud affecting the 2020 election outcome.[3] In his hour-long speech, President Trump suggested marching towards the Capitol, assuring his audience he would be with them, to demand that Congress "only count the electors who have been lawfully slated", and "patriotically make your voices heard". Towards his conclusion, he said "we fight. We fight like hell. And if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore."
The demonstrations turned violent when attendees breached multiple police perimeters, assaulted Capitol police officers, and occupied, vandalized, and ransacked parts of the building for several hours. Four people died over the course of the events: one, rioter Ashli Babbitt, was fatally shot by a Capitol Police officer; two died of heart conditions; another died of an amphetamine intoxication. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, who was physically attacked and pepper sprayed died after suffering two strokes the following day.
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