Jay Obernolte, R-Big Bear Lake, who was sworn into his first term Sunday, Jan. We can’t let this mob stop us from doing what we need to do and finish the job at hand.” The mob’s attack, Calvert said, “certainly disrupted the legal and constitutional process going on. “So he didn’t intend for this to happen.” Trump is “not supportive of any of this violence and said so,” Calvert said.
There’s no excuse or any justification for violence like this.” I don’t care where you’re at on an issue. “The violence today, I’ve never seen anything quite like it,” said Calvert, a congressman since 1993. In a phone interview, Ken Calvert, R-Corona, said he and a skeleton staff were locked down in his House office. “If (my Mom) knew, then I knew things were getting out of hand outside.” The congressman assured his wife and mother by phone that he was safe. There were other members that started praying to find strength.” Raul Ruiz, D-Palm Desert, said he was in the House gallery when he noticed Capitol police talking into their walkie talkies and then running.Īs rioters stormed the Capitol, “I’m thinking about all the ways to stay safe and trying to anticipate dilemmas, to react appropriately and make wise choices,” Ruiz, an emergency-room doctor who’s treated airline passengers in flight, said in a phone interview.Īt one point, Ruiz said: “I prayed to God. That's not going to stop us from certifying this election tonight.
We were warned not to touch the seats because the tear gas might still be on them.
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