Staff saved electoral ballots from Senate floor before mob burned them

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Oregon Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley tweeted that his staff carried electoral ballots from the floor of the Senate to avoid them being burned as a mob of pro-Trump rioters stormed the US Capitol building.

“If our capable floor staff hadn’t grabbed them, they would have been burned by the mob,” he tweeted.

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Rioters broke through the police barricades and into the Senate chamber itself after President Trump spoke at a “Save America” rally where he said he would “never concede” and urged his supporters to march to the Capitol in protest.

Washington DC’s police chief said that the pro-Trump rioters deployed “chemical irritants” to gain access to the building.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/staff-saved-electoral-ballots-senate-004313745.html

[Vivienne235729]

1. Kudos to Sen Merkely's staff for their quick thinking!! They are the silent heroes.