Trump told Republicans to fight. They took the brawl underground.

Washington Post logoPresident Trump told them to “take the gloves off.” A day later, House conservatives breached security on Capitol Hill, stormed a secure room and started tweeting.

It began with a call to action from one of Trump’s favorite lawmakers.

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), the Fox News regular, led dozens of Republican members to the basement of the Capitol on Wednesday morning to disrupt the impeachment inquiry by temporarily blocking testimony from a Pentagon official summoned to detail her knowledge of the administration’s decision to withhold military aid for Ukraine.

View the complete October 23 article by Elise Viebeck, Rachael Bade, Mike DeBonis and Kayla Epstein on The Washington Post website here.