Insurrection

A Polk Sheriff's deputy is in jail for allegedly texting a fellow deputy that lawmakers on Capitol Hill should have been "executed."

Nearly a dozen Floridians, including at least one Southwest Florida man have been arrested in connection with the mob of pro-Trump extremists who breached the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, as lawmakers were affirming the election victory of President-elect Joe Biden.

Many politicians took to Twitter to express their feelings about the violent mob that overtook the U.S. Capitol, interrupting the certification of the electoral college votes for President-elect Joe Biden. Here is how Southwest Florida's U.S. Representatives and Florida's U.S. Senators responded to the pro-Trump extremists who stormed the capitol building.