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Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), speaking on the Senate floor Tuesday, pledged to slow-walk the Defense and State Department nominees from President Joe Biden until Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan resign after the botch Afghanistan withdrawal.

A man, now known as Ray Roseberry, who parked his truck outside the Library of Congress, surrendered to authorities after hours-long standoff with law enforcement.

Police were investigating a possible explosive device in a pickup truck Thursday morning outside the Library of Congress on Capitol Hill, according to an Associated Press report.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) was seen putting on a mask for a photo op on the steps of the Capitol on Monday.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was seen maskless Thursday at a crowded outdoor gathering in D.C., despite giving orders to Capitol Police that day to arrest those who do not wear a mask “throughout the Capitol Grounds.”

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Thursday gave her absolute, unconditional surrender to the Chinese coronavirus by forcing Congressional members and staff to wear special “well-fitted” super masks, before ordering the U.S. Capitol Police to arrest those who do not comply.

Matthew Dowd said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” that the January 6 Capitol riot was worse than the 9/11 terror attacks because Republicans are continuing the “big lie” that former President Donald Trump won the 2020 election, which is ripping our country apart.

The fence surrounding the United States Capitol will start to be taken down starting next week, according to one report.

Only two Republicans voted to pass House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s partisan January 6 select committee.

Former Democratic National Committee chair Donna Brazile said on ABC’s “This Week” roundtable that Republican lawmakers would not investigate the Capitol riot on January 6 because they were “in the grips” of former President Donald Trump.

Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL), joined by 31 members of the Republican Conference, sent a letter Friday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and the Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), demanding the Capitol be open for the public to access without restriction.

Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) said Friday in a preview of an interview with ABC News anchor Jon Karl that will air in full Sunday on “This Week” that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) should “absolutely” testify before a commission investigating January 6 Capitol riot.

Punchbowl News released a new tracking poll Thursday showing a majority of senior Capitol Hill aides believe the Republicans will regain the House in 2022. 

Governor Asa Hutchinson (R-AR) said Wednesday on CNN’s “OutFront” Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) should not be removed from her House leadership role because she voted her “conscience” when she voted to impeach President Donald Trump for allegedly inciting the January 6 riot at the Capitol.

Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen claimed Friday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that Trump “relished” watching the Capitol Police and innocent people being hurt and killed during the deadly riot on January 6.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” that she would “never forgive” former President Donald Trump and the rioters at the U.S. Capitol on January 6.

Fox News anchor Chris Wallace debated House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) over former President Donald Trump’s actions during and after the January 6 riots at the Capitol.

MSNBC anchor Joy Reid on Wednesday’s “The ReidOut” accused former president Donald Trump of inciting “violent white extremism” and likened it to the way Osama Bin Laden did with the Islamic terrorist organization al-Qaeda.

Former Obama Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said on Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” that white Americans with “fear over the increasing diversity of our nation” were a “principal threat to our very democracy.”

Representative Dan Kildee (D-MI) said in a joint interview with his psychiatrist that aired Monday on MSNBC’s “Hallie Jackson Reports” that after the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot, he had to seek treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) said Wednesday on CNN’s “Cuomo Prime Time” the lawsuit signed on by several lawmakers against former President Donald Trump and his former attorney Rudy Giuliani for allegedly inciting the January 6 incident on Capitol Hill made the former president face “accountability and consequences.”

Representative Steve Cohen (D-TN) Wednesday on CNN’s “Cuomo Prime Time” likened the January 6 Capitol Hill riots to the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

The U.S. Capitol complex was placed on lockdown Friday after a vehicle rammed into two United States Capitol Police officers, according to law enforcement. 

Representative Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “The Beat” that the arrest of Georgia State Rep. Park Cannon (D) on Thursday after she knocked on Gov. Brian Kemp’s (R) statehouse office door showed “systemic racism” in policing when compared to the treatment of the Capitol Hill rioters and Michigan protesters.

CNN anchor Jake Tapper said Friday on his show “The Lead,” former President Donald Trump was projecting a “dangerous alternate reality” with his comments on the U.S. Capitol’s riot on January 6.

Psaki did not dispute reports that the Biden administration awarded a Texas-based nonprofit $86 million to provide hotel rooms for six months for approximately 1,200 families who cross the southern border.

National Guard troops should be redeployed from protecting politicians against non-existent threats in Washington, D.C., to the U.S.-Mexico border, said Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC) on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Sunday with host Joel Pollak.

As the effort to recall Democrat California Governor Gavin Newsom continues, the embattled governor warns such a move will endanger President Joe Biden’s agenda.

CNN anchor Don Lemon during Friday’s broadcast of his show “Tonight” accused Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) of “spewing blatant racism” while discussing the deadly Capitol riots during a radio interview.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) told Breitbart News on Wednesday that Democrat representatives, not Republicans, are being provided Secret Service protection per House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) directives.

Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that Republican lawmaker’s who voted to acquit during former President Donald Trump‘S impeachment, and those questioning the integrity of the 2020 presidential results at CPAC were encouraging “the most extreme among us to take up arms against their government.”

Rep. Al Green (D-TX) on Thursday took a photo taken of himself sitting on the Capitol’s steps and distributed it to news media to send a message he would stand up to the “right-wing extremists” who he believed would attempt to breach the Capitol that day.

MSNBC contributor Frank Figliuzzi speculated Wednesday on “Live” that a “hand of the White House ” was “involved” in the delayed response by the National Guard to the deadly Capitol riots on January 6.

Wray refused to disclose to senators the cause of death for Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick during a Senate hearing on Tuesday.

MSNBC national security analyst Malcolm Nance claimed Tuesday on “The Beat” that Sen. Josh Hawley’s (R-MO) questions to FBI Director Christopher Wray during his testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee sounded as if he were “worried.”

WUSA9, a Washington, DC-based CBS affiliate, is angry that taxpayers are paying to defend some of the alleged Capitol Hill rioters.