I started watching the news which I never do during the day, near the start of the Congressional session. They had already gotten to Arizona and the objection so the houses were split to debate. I heard McConnell and Schumer speak and then it was Cruz's turn. I had to turn it off when his logic failed him.
I turned the TV back on when I saw a news flash on my phone of the protestors storming the Capitol. From then on I was in shock.
Tears flowed when the broadcasters enumerated all the different units that come to the rescue of Congress. I am well familiar with some of those. My father in law and brother in law were once in the DC police force, we lived in Maryland for 40 + years, my sister lives in the VA suburbs as do my husband's family. These pictures, these descriptions just didn't make sense for what I knew America is like.
At least there was this good news in the afternoon: Democrats have the majority in the Senate.
I'm writing this at 7:30 am. I've only seen one headline that the Congress affirmed Joe Biden and Kamala Harris's electoral votes. I can only hope that there is action being taken to remove tRump from office now. The fault for this rests with him, his sycophants, his enablers, and the media that amplified his lies as facts .
