This Is a Coup

A mob has stormed the U.S. Capitol, using violence to stop the lawful certification of the Electoral College vote.

Pro-Trump protesters carrying Trump flags and wearing red hats breaking into the Capitol Building.
Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images

Updated on January 6 at 4:30 p.m.

Insurrectionists are attacking the seat of American government in an attempted coup, urged on by the president of the United States. Saying that feels melodramatic, ridiculous, and…

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