Calls Kevin McCarthy and Tommy Tuberville to press political advantage during riot

While the riot raged, Trump spoke to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, telling him, "Well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are," when McCarthy begged him to call off the mob. He also mistakenly called Senator Mike Lee's phone trying to reach Tommy Tuberville to urge him to object to the certification, stalling for time even as senators were being evacuated.

"Well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are" — Reported contemporaneously and in later accounts; see CNN/NPR/NBC reporting.