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FILE PHOTO: Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, speaks during a news conference with a group of bipartisan lawmakers to unveil a COVID-19 emergency relief framework in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020.
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  • Sen. Mitt Romney yelled “This is what you’ve gotten” at Republicans as pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol building Wednesday, Vanity Fair reported.
  • A handful of Republicans have supported Trump’s conspiracy that President-elect Joe Biden’s electoral victory was fraudulent. 
  • The Capitol building erupted into chaos when rioters breached the doors, disrupting congressional procedures certifying the results of the 2020 election.
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As Washington, DC, descended into chaos and violence Wednesday when pro-Trump rioters lead a historic breach of the Capitol building, Republican Sen. Mitt Romney yelled at his Republican colleagues, “This is what you’ve gotten,” The New York Times reported.

A handful of Republicans have supported President Donald Trump’s conspiracy that the 2020 presidential election was fraudulent, a claim that has no basis in fact or reality.

That delusion is what prompted a flood Trump die-hards to contest Electoral College votes from states that Biden won.

The rioters had attended a “March for Trump” rally to protest the certification on Wednesday.

The breach forced the House and Senate to abruptly go into recess and for lawmakers, Capitol Hill staffers, and reporters to shelter-in-place before being evacuated.

Security officers also removed Vice President Mike Pence from the building. 

In response to the violence, Washington, DC, mayor Muriel Bowser ordered a 6 p.m. curfew in the District of Columbia. 

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