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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insurrection
: an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government
‘Clear the Capitol,’ Vice President Mike Pence pleaded, according to timeline of riot


https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/insurrection
an organized attempt by a group of people to defeat their government and take control of their country, usually by violence

https://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/insurrection
INSURRECTION. A rebellion of citizens or subjects of a country against its government.
2. The Constitution of the United States, art. 1, s. 8. gives power to congress " to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions."


From a secure room in the Capitol on Jan. 6, as rioters pummeled police and vandalized the building, Vice President Mike Pence tried to assert control. In an urgent phone call to the acting defense secretary, he issued a startling demand.

“Clear the Capitol,” Pence said.

Elsewhere in the building, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi were making a similarly dire appeal to military leaders, asking the Army to deploy the National Guard.

“We need help,” Schumer, D-N. Y., said in desperation, more than an hour after the Senate chamber had been breached.