Capitol staffer says office panic buttons were 'torn out' before riot

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Sarah Groh, chief of staff for Ayanna Pressley, said all the office panic buttons had been removed ahead of a pro-Trump mob storming the Capitol.

that the group barricaded the door with furniture and water jugs that had piled up during the pandemic before she pulled out a gas mask.Demonstrators breached security and entered the Capitol as Congress debated the 2020 presidential election Electoral Vote Certification."Every panic button in my office had been torn out—the whole unit," she told the newspaper, adding that the team could come up with no rationale as to why.

She explained that, because of multiple death threats aimed at Pressley over the past two years, it had become routine for her staffers to run through safety drills. Pressley, as one of four progressive Democratic representatives in"The Squad," has faced racist attacks from Trump supporters.

 

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