Mitt Romney scolds Republicans as pro-Trump rioters breach the Capitol building, disrupting the election certification: 'This is what you've gotten'

• 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 Republican politicians have supported Trump's conspiracy theory that President-elect Joe Biden's electoral victory is fraudulent.

• The Capitol 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 led a historic breach of the US Capitol building, Republican Sen. Mitt Romney yelled at his GOP colleagues, "This is what you've gotten," The New York Times reported.

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

That baseless claim is what prompted a flood of Trump diehards 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 caused lawmakers, Capitol Hill staffers, and reporters to shelter in place before they were evacuated from the building.

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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