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title: President Pines Responds to Attack on the Capitol
date: 2021-01-06T03:00:00-05:00
author: Mei Lu
canonical_url: "https://president.umd.edu/news/president-pines-responds-attack-capitol"
section: News
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# President Pines Responds to Attack on the Capitol

*January 6, 2021* — by Mei Lu
> Today, we saw violence, chaos, and dangerous disregard for the rule of law in our nation’s capital, less than 10 miles from our campus. I hope every member of our UMD community is safe.

Message from President Darryll J. Pines

*On the evening of January 6, 2021, President Pines [responded on Twitter](https://twitter.com/President_Pines/status/1346993943418834944) to the violence in Washington, D.C.:*

> Today, we saw violence, chaos, and dangerous disregard for the rule of law in our nation’s capital, less than 10 miles from our campus. I hope every member of our UMD community is safe. We are monitoring the situation closely, as many of our neighbors are under curfew.

> Even as we come to grips with the attack we witnessed today, I believe in the resiliency of our democracy. Stay safe.