The day after the Congressional riots, Washington, the US capital, seemed to return to calm.

The streets in the city center are sluggish than usual, with few pedestrians. In the neighborhoods close to the White House and Congress, there are multiple police cars on guard on every street corner.  "Two million people supported Trump here yesterday, and you told me that Biden won the election. How is this possible?" a male Trump supporter exclaimed emotionally. A woman in the same group responded indignantly: "They (Congress police) let those people (Trump supporters who broke into Congress) in!"



There are many conspiracy theories about congressional riots circulating on the Internet, including that the mob was disguised by members of the ultra-left organization Antifa ("Anti-Fascist Operation"), but the allegations have been falsified.

The BBC investigation found that many Trump supporters who broke into Congress were conservative influencers, as well as members of the conspiracy theory faction "QAnon" and the right-wing group "Proud Boys."


Trump supporters did not gather on the 7th, and some of them left Washington as originally planned. The reporter learned that many downtown hotels where a large number of Trump supporters stayed, whether they were high-end five-star hotels or cheap small hotels, processed a large number of check-out applications in the morning.

But many people choose to stay behind. Some drag their families and strollers around the city, while others set up tents on the sidewalk opposite the Trump International Hotel and don’t forget to stick them outside the tents. Trump campaign slogan. A cheap bar in the city center is still open for business, and crowds of Trump supporters are eating burgers and hot dogs here. From time to time, trucks and modified buses plastered with Trump campaign slogans rush past the streets.