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Ayanna Pressley’s Chief of Staff Says Panic Button Unit Was Torn Out of Congresswoman’s Office Prior to US Capitol Attack

January 13, 2021 by Andy Towle Leave a Comment

Ayanna Pressley

Democratic Rep. Ayanna Pressley’s chief of staff said the panic buttons in her Congressional House office had been ripped out ahead of the pro-Trump insurrection on the U.S. Capitol.

From a Boston Globe story on the Massachusetts delegation’s response to the attacks: “As people rushed out of other buildings on the Capitol grounds, staffers in Pressley’s office barricaded the entrance with furniture and water jugs that had piled up during the pandemic. [Sarah] Groh pulled out gas masks and looked for the special panic buttons in the office. ‘Every panic button in my office had been torn out — the whole unit,’ she said, though they could come up with no rationale as to why. She had used them before and hadn’t switched offices since then. As they were escorted to several different secure locations, Groh and Pressley and her husband tried to remain calm and vigilant — not only of rioters but of officers they did not know or trust, she said.”

Filed Under: 2020 Election, towleroad Tagged With: 202 election, Ayanna Pressley, Capitol Insurrection, Donald Trump, Massachusetts, POLITICS

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