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This seems naive - if Senators were executed we would possibly be talking about a full blown transition to an authoritarian Trump regime. In a scenario where a
by nemothekid 6y ago
This seems naive - if Senators were executed we would possibly be talking about a full blown transition to an authoritarian Trump regime.
In a scenario where a Trump incited mob executes Senators while the police and national guard do nothing is tantamount to a military coup. The replacements would have no reason to believe that their lives wouldn't also be in danger if they didn't certify Trump as the winner of the 2020 elections. At that point Trump has effectively side stepped the Constitution and usurped power through violence - which is literally the end of the republic.
- kortilla 6y ago> In a scenario where a Trump incited mob executes Senators while the police and national guard do nothing is tantamount to a military coup. But that’s not even close to what happened. The national guard doing nothing would require buy-in from the entire military chain of command, which has never been very supportive of Trump.
- nemothekid 6y agoNobody died, that's what happened. I'm simply answering your hypothetical if the Senators were actually killed. If the Sentors and/or the VP were taken as hostages, or worse killed, it would mean national guard was either complicit or incompetent. However, as we know, the Secret Service sadly had to act with deadly force and managed to secure the legislature.