Spectators shatter glass door to get into lawmakers' session
Ammon Bundy, center, who led the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation, stands on the Idaho Statehouse steps in Boise, Idaho, on Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. He's among those attending a special session of the Idaho Legislature called due to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Keith Ridler)
Allen Clark of Meridian, Idaho, attends the opening of the Idaho special session at the Statehouse in Boise, Idaho, on Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. He said he was among the crowd that forced their way into the gallery for the House of Representatives that had initially been limited due to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Keith Ridler)
The Idaho Legislature opens in a special session Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, at the Statehouse in Boise, Idaho. The special session called by Republican Gov. Brad Little started Monday morning with lawmakers looking at changes to elections laws to smooth voting for the Nov. 3 election. (AP Photo/Keith Ridler)
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Angry spectators who couldn't get into the Idaho House of Representatives for a special session to deal with the coronavirus pandemic Monday shattered a glass door and rushed into the gallery that had limited seating because of the virus, including at least one person carrying an assault-style weapon.
Several conservative lawmakers went into the gallery to ask for calm and decorum, and the special session started anyway with a full House gallery and few if any people wearing masks...
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