The Washington riot is not a precursor to a civil war in the US.

https://tulsaworld.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/police-declare-riot-in-olympia-arrest-1-in-protests/article_7250e989-3280-5d83-96f8-620f9ed839fc.html

Some people were saying that the US might have a civil war but I didn't think so.  Why?

I don't think there will be a civil war in the US just because of a presidential election outcome. This is not a valid reason worth dying for in a civil war. There will only be protests and riots inflamed by those people who cannot admit defeat. A civil war will happen if a US state is trying to gain independence by force but this is not the case here.

I think Trump is upping his ante as the presidential handover gets closer. The US judges have been rejecting Trump's quixotic election claim and he has to do something to exonerate himself from his criminal activities. Like I said before, he's just embarking on a self-preservation journey because he knows too well that the US is a dealmaking country. If the protests and riots spread across the US, this will only benefit Trump because he can invoke the emergency law to take control of the US and prevent the presidential handover. Therefore, the escalation in the riots will give Trump his bargaining chip to negotiate with Biden and Biden may relent for the sake of a peaceful transition and economic growth. Let's watch how Biden will handle this. Is Biden going to nip this in the bud by having an early negotiation with Trump or let the riots escalate and spread across the US?