Rep. Mary Miller (R-Ill.) on Thursday recalled the moment the U.S. Capitol building was breached during a Jan. 6 joint session to count and certify Electoral College votes for the 2020 presidential election, saying she was left shaken by the incident and that lawmakers were at one point “sitting ducks.”
Proceedings in the chambers to debate whether to reject votes for Arizona were interrupted in the afternoon when a group of protestors stormed the U.S. Capitol at around 2:15 p.m. Officials declared around 6 p.m. the Capitol building had been secured. Congress, in the early hours of Thursday, certified the Electoral College vote for former Vice President Joe Biden.
