CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As Congress was working to certify November's election results, a mob swarmed the capitol. Police attempted to stop people from getting in, but many still made it inside.
The United States Department of Justice said 15 individuals have been charged so far in federal court related to crimes committed at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.
Now some say President Trump first called on them to march to the Capitol.
"After this, we are going to walk down, and I will be there with you, we are going to walk down, were going to walk down, anyone you want, but I think right here we are going to walk down to the Capitol.... and we're going to cheer on our brave Senators and Congressmen and women," President Trump said Wednesday.
But President Trump was not walking with them. He was nowhere to be seen.
And when he did release a video on Twitter telling people to go home, but still talked about false claims of a stolen election.
After several hours, Congress was allowed to go back in their chambers and finish their official count of the electoral votes, certifying Biden as the lawful winner of the presidential election.
So where do we go from here?
One of President Trump's closest allies South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham finally said enough is enough following the events in Washington.
After everyone was allowed back in the capitol late Wednesday night gave an impassioned speech on the Senate floor saying he's seen no evidence of widespread voter fraud.
"Fraud, they said there's 66,000 people in Georgia under 18 voted. How many people believe that? I asked, give me 10. I hadn't had one. They said 8,000 felons in prison in Arizona voted, give me 10, I hadn't gotten one. Does that say there's problems in every election? I don't buy this, enough's enough. We've got to end it," said Graham.
"I, above all others in this body need to say this: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are lawfully elected and will become the president and the vice president of the United States on January 20th," Graham said.
Members of Congress were tweeting during the attack and releasing statements afterward.
Senator Richard Burr stated, "I supported President Trump's legal right to contest the election results through the courts, but the courts have now unanimously and overwhelmingly rejected these suits. No evidence of voter fraud has emerged that would warrant overturning the 2020 election.
The President bears responsibility for today's events by promoting the unfounded conspiracy theories that have led to this point."
Many compared the events of Wednesday to those of 9/11.
At the end of that tragic day, now almost 20 years ago, Congress stood together singing 'God Bless America" on the steps of the nation's Capitol.
After Wednesday's siege, most of Congress came together again to put away the divisiveness that led to Wednesday's attack.
Let us all hope that as we move forward in 2021 we can continue to work together.