It’s safe to presume that this January 6, rioters won’t attack the U.S. Capitol building to prevent a joint session of Congress from certifying the winner of the presidential election. This time, Donald Trump won, so he and his allies won’t be holding a frenzied “stop the steal” rally nearby on the National Mall. Even though some large angry crowd isn’t assembling there today, the Capitol has been fortified to repel one, surrounded by big black perimeter fences, with security forces on the highest possible alert.

This time, members of Congress and their staff won’t have to flee and hide, their offices won’t be ransacked, and U.S. Capitol police officers won’t be swarmed and brutally beaten. Kamala Harris and

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