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Originally Posted by Paul
insurrection
How is it "obviously not" ?
It seems to fit the definition quite well.
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It was less violent than an Antifa or BLM or free Palestine march. Nobody was going there to “overthrow” the government.
If you really think Jan 6th was an attempt to seize power of the US you need your head examining.
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Seems more like ... Yes.
According to the subsequent investigation and hearings ;
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No it doesn’t.
How did he assemble his mob and how did he mobilise them? What was his command and control structure.
What were his plans to engage with the police authorities and military, in order to gain control of them? So he could take control of the capital?
Trump was in charge of jack shit.
It was a mediocre riot at best, an over exuberant protest at worst.
Trump had no obligation to…..“to speak out in real time against the mob violence” or refuse to instruct his supporters to disband, or take any immediate actions to halt “attacks” on the Capitol.
(I put attacks in commas as it was not an attack)
He was not in control of those people, that is why, unless in front of a kangaroo court, he will not be found guilty of anything.
I’m not a Trump fan boy, i think DeSantis is a better candidate, and it’s america so …whatever.
But I do care about democracy wherever in the world, and the US is behaving like the very antithesis of what they’re supposed to stand for, and if america falls, the West will have a massive problem.