Yesterday, as lawmakers gathered on Capitol Hill to certify election results, a mob of Trump supporters also congregated in Washington D.C. to mount an insurrection at the behest of the president. The certification vote, typically a routine process, was thrown into chaos after President Trump and some of his allies in Congress continued to make unfounded claims that the presidential election was fraudulent.
Scenes from the Capitol showed a mostly white mob breaking windows and parading around the chambers with little resistance. Questions around police presence and force linger in the aftermath as elected officials begin to distance themselves from the president.