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 "Mark I was just told there is an active shooter on the first floor of the Capitol Please tell the President to calm people[.] This isn't the way to solve anything."

"Hey Mark, The [sic] president needs to tell people in the Capitol to go home." "This is hurting all of us." "He is destroying his legacy and playing into every stereotype … we lose all credibility against the BLM/Antifa crowd if things go South." "You can tell him I said this."

"Mark: he needs to stop this, now. Can I do anything to help?"

"It's really bad up here on the hill." "They have breached the Capitol." At 2:48 p.m., Meadows responded: "POTUS is engaging." At 2:49 p.m., Loudermilk responded: "Thanks. This doesn't help our cause."

"The president needs to stop this ASAP." At 2:49 p.m., Meadows responded: "We are doing it."

"He's got to condem [sic] this shit. Asap. The captiol [sic] police tweet is not enough." Meadows responded: "I am pushing it hard. I agree." Later, Trump, Jr., continued: "This his [sic] one you go to the mattresses on. They will try to fuck his entire legacy on this if it gets worse."

White House staff discussed issuing yet another, stronger statement to address the ongoing—and escalating—violence. Around 3:00 p.m., one proposal was written in block capital letters on a pocket card from the chief of staff's office:

ANYONE WHO ENTERED THE CAPITOL WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORITY SHOULD LEAVE IMMEDIATELY[.]

The handwriting appears to have been scrawled quickly and somewhat messily. Hutchinson recalled Meadows returning from the dining room with the note in hand and placing it on her desk. The word "illegally" had been newly crossed out.

But there would be no further action, Meadows told her.

At 3:13 p.m., 35 minutes after his last tweet, the President issued another tweet. Rather than coming out with a stronger statement, the 3:13 p.m. tweet largely parroted the one preceding it: