Chelsea Clinton Shares How She, Mom Hillary Reacted To Capitol Protest: 'It's Just Horrifying'

Chelsea Clinton shared how she broke the news about the Capitol riot to her mom Hillary and how it made them feel.

Chelsea made a virtual appearance on "The Drew Barrymore Show" Thursday, a day after President Donald Trump's supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. During her guesting, she shared that she was the first to break the news to her mother who just came back home after enjoying a walk.

"I spoke to my mom yesterday at about 3 p.m. She had just come back from a walk ... and she hadn't seen what had happened," Chelsea was quoted by Entertainment Tonight, as saying. "I said, 'Mom, you have to turn on the television,' and there was just silence. So much sadness, and also so much anger, that this was happening."

"I'm sad is the overwhelming emotion I feel. I'm just so achingly sad that we had insurrectionists storm our Capitol," she added sharing how it affected her emotionally.

Chelsea said it hadn't happened since 1814 and recalled when the British invaded the country and how the white nationalist terrorists overwhelmed the Capitol and terrorized the elected men and women of Congress and the Capitol police.

"It's just horrifying to me. And then trying to explain what was happening to our children. I'm very sad today. I'm incredibly grateful and proud that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will indeed be our next president and vice president of the United States. I'm holding that pride deep in my heart and my soul," she continued.

The mother and daughter talked again later that night and agreed that someone has to be held accountable for the incident. Chelsea believed that the president was among the persons to be blamed for the riot.

"When we spoke again later last night, there was a real sense of, 'We have to hold people accountable,' because we do. The insurrectionists, the terrorists, the mob who overwhelmed our Capitol. We have to hold those individuals accountable," she added.

"And we have to hold our president accountable -- who incited them, egged them on. While it's good that Twitter, Facebook and Instagram have locked [Trump's] account, it's insufficient to put it mildly. We have to stop not only the amplification but the injection of hate and instability and violence that he has personified over the last years."

In related news, Chelsea used to be good friends with Trump's daughter, Ivanka Trump. However, the two have not spoken since 2016 and she made it clear that she has no intention of being friends with anyone who is not only complicit but actively taking part in the Trump administration.