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Originally Posted by Pierre
True, Obama didn't.
However, the Democrats have never recognised the legitimacy of Trumps presidency and have done everything they possibly could to remove a democratically elected president.
Don't get me wrong, the republicans did the same with Obama, casting doubt on his status as a US citizen,
And I'm pretty sure the democrats tried and failed to impeach GWB, and Clinton was definitely impeached.
So the US has a long history of trying to remove their elected presidents, so why would anybody be surprised that we have got to this point?
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Impeachment is a different kettle of fish to storming Congress with weapons looking for lawmakers whilst the President demands the Vice President doesn't certify the results.
People using - albeit maybe you can call it abusing - the Democratic process to unseat a President is at least using the mechanisms legally provided to them in order to do it.
Likewise, when Trump was using the courts to try and overturn the results it was within the bounds of normality because that's what they're are there for and - as predicted - the process held firm and he didn't get anywhere.
So then he demanded the Vice President do something he isn't legally able to do and his supports resorted to violence.