I'm Michelle Goldberg.

I'm Ross Douthon, and this is the argument.

The scenes of chaos of the Capitol do not reflect a true American.

We had an election that was stolen from us.

It was a landslide election.

It's chaos.

And it must end now.

Today, we talk about this week's violence at the Capitol, the elections in Georgia,

and what it all means for this highly unusual transition of power in the White House.

Despite objections from a handful of Republican senators and many more Republicans in the House,

Congress has certified Joe Biden's electoral college victory, but not before the extraordinary

spectacle of Congress's business being suspended for hours after thousands of Trump supporters

stormed the Capitol, following a rambling and provoking speech by the President, smashing

windows, breaking into offices, and posing for photographs on the dies of the Senate.

Vice President Mike Pence was evacuated, lawmakers hid in undisclosed locations, the Army

deployed the DC National Guard.

To discuss these surreal events, Michelle and I are joined by editorial board member Michelle

Coddle, a frequent argument guest and expert in all things Congress, with whom later in

the conversation we'll get into the Democratic victories in Georgia that we saw earlier this

week.

But first, Michelle Goldberg, my old friend, that's start with you, because I suspect that

you're going to tell me that my insistence that there would not be a Donald Trump coup

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