2021 QAnon conflict

An ongoing conflict between believers in the far-right QAnon conspiracy theory and the government of the United States began on January 6th, 2021 with the 2021 Capitol building attack.

The conflict, also called the QAnon War by far-right groups, is mostly referred to as an insurrection, mainly carried out through domestic terror attacks following the loss of President Donald Trump to his political rival Joe Biden.

The conflict is not an organized fight, rather a series of attacks by several groups. It is the first major conflict to take place in the country since the American Civil War, causing many far-right figures to refer to it as the Second American Civil War.

Prelude
In remarks from the White House on the early hours of November 4, President Trump attacked the vote counting efforts without evidence, calling it "fraud". The president remarked, "We will win this. As far as I'm concerned, we already have won." Major networks provided fact checks and variously interrupted the speech or carried it in full. Furthermore, former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon suggested violence against Dr. Anthony Fauci and FBI Director Christopher A. Wray could serve as "a warning to federal bureaucrats" to begin a second term for President Trump.

Observers had been suggesting for months about the possibility of a premature Trump victory claim and then a contested election. This was expected based on the likelihood that the initial votes counted by Election Night would skew heavily Republican and mail-in ballots would skew heavily Democratic, a blue shift that became more favorable to Biden as more votes are counted and could be misrepresented as fraudulent.

Capitol Attack
The first major attack of the conflict was the 2021 Capitol Building Attack, a violent terror attack which left 26 members of the United States conference dead, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

2021 Kentucky Riots
Riots erupted in Kentucky over the loss of Trump to Biden, as well as the leadership of President Mike Pence.

Other protests
Multiple riots occurred following the inauguration of Joe Biden throughout the country.