Ahh, the full freak out.
Ten Tea Party protestors were arrested for trying to force their way in to Nancy Pelosi’s congressional office this afternoon. (To be clear, that’s the office that handles her constituent work as opposed to her leadership office which is actually where she works.) There was then another big uproar as the arrestees were led out of the building for transport. “This is America, this is not the Soviet Union,” said one protestor watching the arrestees.
We have video of the scene when the arrestees were being led out of the building.
The situation at Fort Hood is obviously extremely sketchy. But I wanted to flag a late report from MSNBC’s Pete Williams suggesting that initial reports from within the Pentagon say the incident appears to be “all military,” i.e., the victims are military but apparently the assailants are too.
I want to be very clear. There is nothing confirmed about this. This a reporter getting initial and unofficial reports from within the Pentagon. But authorities on the base do have one shooter in custody. So presumably military officials know who that person is and are drawing inferences based on that.
A reader reports in from the Hill …
Lines are out the door in Rayburn. just saw Barney Frank and Robert Wexler getting harangued in the halls. The best was the woman telling Wexler that she’ll “remember how he votes” not realizing he’s resigning from his seat.
Details are still sketchy, but MSNBC is reporting that seven people were killed and 12 injured in a shooting at Fort Hood Army base in Texas.
At the Capitol Hill Tea Party, TPMDC’s Christina Bellantoni happened upon what looked to be a series of several arrests — for an as-yet unidentified offense. She reports that a crowd of Tea Partiers began heckling Capitol Police and singing “God Bless America” while several people were being detained.
There’s also a massive backup of people outside Longworth office building. They’ve blocked traffic and some supportive cars are honking. Many protesters are shouting, “Kill the bill!”
We’ll have video for you soon.