Capitol bombing

The Capitol bombing was a coordinated terrorist attack organized by the True Believers under the leadership of Patrick Lloyd against the United States on Tuesday, January 26, 2021. Occurring at 10:08 p.m. EST, the attack destroyed most of the United States Capitol. At the time of the bombing, U.S. President Robert Richmond was delivering the 2021 State of the Union address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress. The attack annihilated the federal government; Richmond, along with vice president George Ellis, speaker Lawrence Garrett, and all members of Congress, the Supreme Court, and Cabinet were killed. In all, the attack killed over 1,500 people and left more than 2,600 others injured with only 1 survivor, ranking just below the September 11 attacks as the second-deadliest terrorist attack in human history.
During events with the federal government convened, a single government official is selected as the designated survivor in order to continue its function in the event of an attack. As a result of the government's total annihilation, Tom Kirkman, the United States secretary of housing and urban development who was chosen as the designated survivor, ascended as the 50th president of the United States. Richmond and all members of the presidential line of succession were identified as deceased by 10:36 p.m. EST, and Kirkman was subsequently sworn in to office moments later outside the Oval Office in the White House.
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