Outside, the situation had dramatically deteriorated. Police battling the rioters were outnumbered and could not prevent the mob from storming inside to do what Trump had wanted and stop the electoral count. At 2:28 p.m., only four minutes after Trump’s tweet denouncing Pence, a chilling message came over the police radio, from the Metropolitan Police Department commander on the scene. “We’ve lost the line!” he screamed. “We’ve lost the line! All MPD pull back!”[9] The Capitol was breached.
