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Could you elaborate on what, specifically, POTUS asked the protestors to do that qualifies this as a coup? Protesting alone isn't enough to qualify as a coup in

by umvi 6y ago

Could you elaborate on what, specifically, POTUS asked the protestors to do that qualifies this as a coup? Protesting alone isn't enough to qualify as a coup in my book, even if some protestors disrupted congress. Every large protest these days has bad actors that break stuff and loot and disrupt (recent BLM ones come to mind).

alistairSH 6y ago
Transcript from today's rally. https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/donald-trump-speech-save-america-rally-transcript-january-6 https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/donald-trump-speech-sav... At the end, he literally calls for an unruly mob of armed insurrectionists to march down Penn Ave to the Capitol. Sure, he never used the words "break down the doors" or anything like that but what did he think was going to happen? He's been using dog whistles that hint at this for a month and here we are. Particularly given the armed stand-off at the Michigan statehouse earlier this year.
- umvi 6y ago
  > So we’re going to, we’re going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue, I love Pennsylvania Avenue, and we’re going to the Capitol ... But we’re going to try and give our Republicans ... the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country. That's it? No calls to illegally seize power, nothing. Just to march down a road and show support to a subset of politicians in the hope that they do technically legal things that are helpful to his cause. and on Twitter: > I am asking for everyone at the U.S. Capitol to remain peaceful. No violence! Remember, WE are the Party of Law & Order – respect the Law and our great men and women in Blue. Thank you! If this really constitutes a "coup", it's the worst, weakest coup I've ever seen.
  - rorykoehler 6y ago
    It’s a trial balloon
  - triceratops 6y ago
    > If this really constitutes a "coup", it's the worst, weakest coup I've ever seen. That's how incompetent Trump is. Can't even coup properly.
Daishiman 6y ago
How maliciously stupid do you have to be to ask this?

by umvi 6y ago

alistairSH 6y ago

Transcript from today's rally. https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/donald-trump-speech-save-america-rally-transcript-january-6 https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/donald-trump-speech-sav... At the end, he literally calls for an unruly mob of armed insurrectionists to march down Penn Ave to the Capitol. Sure, he never used the words "break down the doors" or anything like that but what did he think was going to happen? He's been using dog whistles that hint at this for a month and here we are. Particularly given the armed stand-off at the Michigan statehouse earlier this year.

umvi 6y ago
> So we’re going to, we’re going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue, I love Pennsylvania Avenue, and we’re going to the Capitol ... But we’re going to try and give our Republicans ... the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country. That's it? No calls to illegally seize power, nothing. Just to march down a road and show support to a subset of politicians in the hope that they do technically legal things that are helpful to his cause. and on Twitter: > I am asking for everyone at the U.S. Capitol to remain peaceful. No violence! Remember, WE are the Party of Law & Order – respect the Law and our great men and women in Blue. Thank you! If this really constitutes a "coup", it's the worst, weakest coup I've ever seen.
- rorykoehler 6y ago
  It’s a trial balloon
- triceratops 6y ago
  > If this really constitutes a "coup", it's the worst, weakest coup I've ever seen. That's how incompetent Trump is. Can't even coup properly.

Daishiman 6y ago

How maliciously stupid do you have to be to ask this?