'I'm still shaken from it': Tallapoosa County reacts to yesterday's storming of the Capitol building
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Prison guard Gregg Granville reacts to the aftermath unfolding on TV behind the bar at Fermenter's Market On The Green.

In local bars, Mexican restaurants and social media, Tallapoosa County residents reacted in horror, indignation, and for some, literal disbelief Wednesday as a pro-Trump mob storming the Capitol building played out on live television.

"I was shocked and horrified to see our nation's Capitol literally under siege by domestic terrorists," Alexander City resident Louann Cooley Moseley said. "How could this happen in the greatest democracy the world has ever seen? To see the Confederate flag being paraded around inside the Capitol building — that was one of the most shocking and disturbing images of the day."

In local bars, Mexican restaurants and social media, Tallapoosa County residents reacted in horror, indignation, and for some, literal disbelief Wednesday as a pro-Trump mob storming the Capitol building played out on live television.