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Typically they don't try to. But people have gotten into the capitol to interrupt things before.

Five Congressmen were shot by Puerto Rican nationalists on the floor of the house in the 50s.

Protestors interrupt things fairly often. Happened during the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings and again during the vote.

This is probably the most overwhelmed the Capitol has been since the British captured it.

It would be interesting to see exactly how often the capitol police have been overwhelmed and civilians have entered the building or chosen not to.

Wasn't a protest, it was an attempt at a coup. And the president set the game to easy level.

> attempt at a coup

You have a very very low bar for what you think an attempted coup was.

Chased congress out their chambers while they were preparing to certify the next president. Murdered a police officer in the process.

Your definition of a low bar different than mine.

Who knows what Trump was attempting. He should definitely be investigated.

But the riot was a riot. There was no organization and no attempt to take the government and rule it. It was vandalism.