January 6, 2020. The Capitol Building Riots
5 min readJan 7, 2021
January 6, 2020 —
A day that will live in infamy, a day that a mob proved how close America is to the brink of ruin. The violent coup is a horrid example of the powder keg and perilous state of our socio-politically affected society. Armed rioters stormed the US Capitol.
Extremist violence erupted in one of the most important buildings in this country. Extremists must be taken for their words, because this all started with volatile rhetoric shared online, then definitive calls to action and…