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No. Not nearly enough has been said or done about it.
It was an ATTEMPTED COUP. A self-coup, and a failed one, but a attempted coup nonetheless.
People breached the Capitol building, our seat of government. On the day of what should have been a routine procedure in the transfer of power. They wanted to stop that transfer of power. Some people showed up with knowledge of the building, t-shirts with the date on it, weapons, and ill intent. They had weapons and zipties for hostages. A noose was erected. They recorded their own intent to assassinate the Vice President and members of Congress. People died in the attempt to keep Trump in power. It wasn't just emotions getting high.
Some members of Congress were giving personal tours the day before, when normal tours weren't allowed due to Covid. The Capitol Police did not have nearly enough personnel on hand for the expected crowd like they normally would. Some Capitol Police opened the gates. The National Guard was not promptly allowed to intervene. The President of the United States watched it on tv for hours, cheering them on, before lifting a finger to do anything than tweet.
Afterward, the insurrectionists went back to their hotels, and vibed.
Most have gotten slaps on the wrist, if anything, since. (In any other country, attempting to overthrow the government gets you a bullet in the head, or decades in prison. Not months in jail and discussion on whether you get organic food.)
Like Principal 1 said, that there are no current or former elected officials on trial or in prison is a disgrace. And it's alarming. Trump is still trying to find a way to get back in power, and is hoping he can find some way other than winning the next election. Republicans want to sweep it under the carpet like it's a frat party that got out of hand. They want to leave open the door for it to happen again.
A coup? What a 🤡. Do you even know what a coup is? I have lived through one. This was not a coup or even an attempt at one.
Something about it has always felt orchestrated to me
Yeah, like that^. Possibly other similar directions given.
Chief
Was the domestic terrorist attack on the US capitol led by the outgoing president earlier this year overblown? That’s the question you’re asking?
That this isn’t the biggest story in the country every single day is proof that conservatives will never face consequences from their actions.
Pro
The FBI disagrees with this atrocious take
Rising Star
You are asking if having our federal Capitol overrun by people that are trying to overturn the election, spurred on by the losing politician and some of his sycophants that even today say we need to do what Myanmar did, leading to upwards of 33% of Americans thinking the election was stolen and no longer trusting our democratic process, with the people involved being armed and shouting about killing politicians, with multiple fatalities that day, and no one being held responsible, and the initial politician still claiming it was stolen and still fighting and yet still being the 2024 frontrunner, is a big deal?
I don’t think it’s possible to overdo it. That several elected or former elected officials are not in federal prison is a disgrace.
Enthusiast
If it was a leftist group storming the Capitol we’d never hear the end of it, so no, it’s not overblown.
Pro
Were you living on another planet in 2020?
This question reads like a Fox News headline
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Pro
If it was a coup then Trump would be in an orange jumpsuit that matched his skin tone.
If it was sedition then the perpetrators would be facing serious consequences.
We don’t decide on these two matters our courts and legal system does. So far neither are on the table.
So let’s acknowledge it was a terrible event, primarily instigated by an idiotic demagogue who couldn’t (and still can’t) accept the reality of his defeat. The cretins who went along deserve to be punished accordingly.
The Afghan withdrawal is a bigger national disgrace. The comical reconciliation bill will have more lasting damage. So yeah let’s not forget but there’s plenty of wreckage the current administration is getting away with because we’re unable to turn the page on the Trump clown show.
I’m sorry, did you and I both watch the same video of desperate afghans falling to their deaths after clinging to the wings of army transports?
That was 100% avoidable. Biden passed Trumps initial withdrawal date by months, showing he was not beholden to the previous admins “timeline”.
Rising Star
Yep.
Hilary Clinton’s Russian Collusion narrative has entered the chat….
It was an attempted power-grab/coup by a losing president.
There’s no such thing as “overblown” about it.
We were dangerously close to democracy in the US failing.
Enthusiast
The fact that Trump is using executive privilege yet again so no one can testify as to what he said or did on 1/6 is repulsive, outlandish, but expected. Those that reported to him should be ashamed of themselves and do the right thing
Chief
He’s TRYING to use it. Which is why his people aren’t releasing docs or making themselves available. What I’ve read is that his claim should all fizzle in court.
Effing hell… do any of you idiots even know what a coup is?
No. If Americans let that type of behavior go unchecked, it will serve as a base for future, escalated behavior. That’s not acceptable.
*Triggered PwC intensifies*