An Attempted Coup d'Etat in Washington?

Today Congress meets in the Capitol Building to certify the Electoral College votes.  Normally this is pro forma and happens under the radar.

But today is different.  Much of downtown DC is closed.  Businesses are shuttered and boarded up.  Many hotels in the restricted area where automotive traffic is barred are closed and streets have been sealed off by sanitation trucks, snow plows, and police cars. 

The DC National Guard has been called up and it and the Metropolitan Police are on alert for fear of armed violence by fanatical Trump supporters who wish to overturn the legal outcome of the November election.  They claim it was stolen yet have not been able to present any certifiable evidence to support this claim.  They are supported in this effort by a handful of renegade Republican senators and a few dozen Republican representatives who are clearly guilty of sedition while ignoring their oath of office to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.  And all of this is happening here in America that this president promised to make great again.  Instead we have lived through a four year nightmare that just does not want to end despite our best hopes and efforts.  This is beyond shameful.  When will this all end?