This Has Not Happened Before

Even when the electoral count was exciting, it was peaceful.

The Senate chamber. Front and center is noted Trumpist Jake Angeli, who is not a senator.

On January 6th, 2021, an armed force of Trumpists stormed the United States Capitol Building. Congress was interrupted in the middle of an American ritual that had been completed every four years since 1789: Counting the electoral votes. This has never been interrupted before.