Hollywood is speaking out after protesters managed to break into the Capitol on Wednesday.
The chaos resulted in a protester being shot to death while lawmakers remained barricaded inside and evacuations began quickly, the Washington DC Metropolitan Police Department relayed to Fox News.
Violence broke out while lawmakers were in the process of certifying Electoral College votes won by President-elect Joe Biden. They were told to put gas masks and barricades inside, while the police tried to restore order.
Celebrities immediately accessed Twitter as the shocking scenes unfolded, with Ashton Kutcher asking for a tweet on Wednesday for people “Support the peaceful transition of power !!!!!!!!”
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“This is being a patriot!” he added.
Pop star Pink told her fans that she is “ashamed” of the events that took place on Capitol Hill, writing, “As a citizen of the United States, the daughter of two veterans and the sister of another, I am ashamed of what is happening in Washington. Hypocrisy, shame, embarrassment. Hypocritical anti-patriotic sheep drinking Kool poison. This is a sad day for America.”
Leah Remini pressed that those who invaded the Capitol are “cowards” and said that she is “praying for our country”.
“Sick and sad with what I’m seeing, on so many levels,” added the actress. “Cowards. Shameful. We’ll get over it. #CapitolRiots.”
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In addition, actor Jason Isaacs of “The Patriot” was among those who pointed to the double standard related to the protests surrounding the death of George Floyd on the knee of a Minneapolis policeman on May 25 and what happened on Wednesday .
“Last June, peaceful protesters against a racist murder were beaten and gassed near the Capitol,” he tweeted. “Today, the Trump thugs stormed the building without contest, directly from a rally where he deliberately fanned his violence with lies. May he be expelled from the U curve of history forever.”
Actress Yvette Nicole Brown echoed Isaacs’ feelings in her own tweet.
US Capitol Police with guns drawn watch protesters attempting to break into the House of Representatives at the US Capitol on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo / J. Scott Applewhite)
“And now they’re just being allowed out. Is that what I’m seeing?” Brown I wrote. “They broke into the Capitol, went into offices and left with God knows what state secrets and incited violence and still: No arrests. None. WOW.”
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Meanwhile, “Sex and the City” star Sarah Jessica Parker regretted the news on Wednesday and said that, as far as she was concerned, the violation of the Capitol “is not a surprise”.
“Unthinkable. Shameful. Shocking. But no surprise, ”she wrote,“ so many to blame. You know who you are. You have rejected violent, divisive and cruel rhetoric. You made excuses. Cowards He / you are not a leader. We will try to rebuild. You will try to live with yourself. “
An emphatic Karlie Kloss spoke up when she expressed her disappointment at the Capitol screening on Wednesday.
“Accepting the results of a legitimate democratic election is patriotic. Refusing to do so and inciting violence is anti-American,” said the Project Runway judge. tweeted.
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In addition to those in Hollywood, many lawmakers also condemned the acts of protesters on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.
Danielle Wallace of Fox News contributed to this report