The delegation of lawmakers from Washington state who were at the Capitol when it was stormed by a pro-Trump mob are safe.
A spokesperson for Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Battle Ground, reported at noon on Wednesday that the congresswoman was “safe and sheltered in place right now.”
“I expect to have more to share soon,” the spokesperson, Craig Wheeler, wrote in an email to The Columbian.
Shortly afterward, Sen. Patty Murray, Washington’s senior Democrat, announced in a Tweet that she and her staff were out of danger.
“I condemn in the strongest terms the hate-fueled violence we are seeing in our nation’s Capitol today, as should every leader committed to the peaceful transfer of power in our country,” Murray wrote.
A spokesperson for Sen. Maria Cantwell followed suit a few minutes later, flagging the Democratic senator as safe.
Neither Murray, Cantwell nor Herrera Beutler were part of the coalition of Congress who attempted to dismiss the Electoral College votes from a handful of swing states during the Wednesday’s hearing.
Herrera Beutler, who voted for President Donald Trump in November but has since grown critical of his attempts to overturn the election, told The Columbian she would uphold the Electoral College.
