Published 17:21 IST, January 7th 2021
'Simpsons' predicted US Capitol Hill siege, Twitterati share clips as proof
The unprecedented turn of events in the US on the day Congress convened to certify Joe Biden’s victory reminded many netizens of an episode from The Simpsons.
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unprecedented events in United States on day Congress convened to certify Joe Biden’s victory in presidential elections triggered Americans to talk about ‘Civil War 2021’. In just first week of 2021 after a challenging 2020, US Capitol Hill building was stormed by Donald Trump’s supporters engulfing city in chaos. This furr led netizens to te how Simpsons predicted civil war. posts with stills from fictional animated show quickly caught Twitterati's attention and went viral.
clip is from episode 18 of Simpsons called Day Violence Died from Season 7 of series. video shows characters', that are t depicted as people, swarming capitol holding guns, and even bombs. On January 6 (local time), pro-Trump protesters broke into one of most iconic American buildings, pounded on doors, smashed glasses and ensued violence to disrupt electoral certification process. However, similarity with Simpsons led many to say ‘did y predict it too?’ while ors said 'y did it again'.
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US Capitol siege: ‘Dark day for America’
What should have been just next step in democratic process of US elections in country turned out to be a ‘dark day for America’ with thousands of Trump supporters swarming inside US Capitol. Both House and Senate h convened to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s win. Even though federal building has w been secured, at least four people have died, 52 have been arrested and over a dozen police officers have been injured in violence.
entire world watched when Trump supporters broke inside one of most iconic American buildings engulfing city in chaos. As per reports, it was shortly after 1 PM ET on January 6 that pro-Trump protesters pushed through barriers set up along building and some even called officers “traitors” for doing ir job. As per law enforcement officers’ account, nearly 90 minutes afterwards, demonstrators got into building. Following which house and Senate doors were blocked.
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Furr, an armed standoff even reportedly took place at House front door around 3 PM ET, and police officers h ir guns drawn at an individual who was trying to breach it. Police reportedly said that both law enforcement and Trump supporters h deployed chemical irritants during hours-long occupation of US Capitol building. DC police also said that two pipe bombs were recovered, one outside Democratic National Committee and one outside Republican National Committee.
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17:21 IST, January 7th 2021