“Civil War” trends on Twitter as Trump supporters storm US Capitol

Washington, DC, is currently on lockdown, pro-Trump protesters are breaching the Capitol Building, and #CivilWar is trending on Twitter.

Thousands of people gathered in Washington, DC, on Wednesday morning to protest Congress’ counting of the electoral votes to confirm President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s victory.

The protest quickly turned into one requiring a citywide curfew, as President Trump supporters began storming the Capitol, putting the vote on pause.

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Many on Twitter are sharing their remarks of disbelief, as well as believing that this could be the start of the next civil war.

Here’s some of what’s currently trending on Twitter:

They’ve been saying they would do this for years. YEARS. Threatening a second civil war and violence. And no one listened. Because it was just online.

— Brandy Zadrozny (@BrandyZadrozny) January 6, 2021

This is currently your country.
The Civil War isn’t over. pic.twitter.com/5cVEmRMsGI

— Michael W. Twitty (@KosherSoul) January 6, 2021

Civil War on day 6 of 2021?!?! pic.twitter.com/RWDVD4Gmqa

— TЯACE (@scruched) January 6, 2021

Civil War trending 6 days in 2021 is really promising.

— Joy Taylor (@JoyTaylorTalks) January 6, 2021

me laughing at these civil war tweets but low key scared pic.twitter.com/0oQt6Wewcx

— 𝒿𝑒𝓃 (@txxjen) January 6, 2021

America:
January 2020: World War 3
January 2021: Civil War 2 pic.twitter.com/UAL044JCon

— F l o r e s💫 (@iiflores_) January 6, 2021

“Mom, tell me about Civil War 2.”

Well, honey, we held a rich white man accountable for his actions and he was too emotional to handle it so he told his friends to murder us.

— The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) January 6, 2021

The Confederate Flag has breached the Capital, something it failed to do even in the Civil War. This isn’t a protest, this is a coup, an attack on the state, and an attack on the very heart of democracy. I have never seen anything so un-American.

— JT English (@jt_english) January 6, 2021

Even in the Civil War the Capitol building wasn’t breached.

— Mark D. Levine (@MarkLevineNYC) January 6, 2021