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How was it not an attempted coup? Not a smart coup, or one likely to be successful but a coup nonetheless.

• chordalkeyboard 6y ago
  What evidence is there that they intended to change the government?
• Tycho 6y ago
  What was the potential sequence of events that could have resulted in the rioters seizing control of the government? Even if this handful of unarmed citizens had somehow subdued the numerous armed guards protecting the Senate, the most they could achieve would be a hostage situation. It was a protest that became a riot which temporarily disrupted a legislative assembly. At worst you could argue it was a protest that crossed the line into terrorism. And possibly some of the protestors thought someone else was going to stage a coup, but that did not happen.
  • rat87 6y ago
    > which temporarily disrupted a legislative assembly No what it did is to disrupt the certification of Biden's win, attempting to change the election results with violence, ie a coup. > What was the potential sequence of events that could have resulted in the rioters seizing control of the government? I didn't say it was a smart attempted coup, but even a dumb one killing the Vice President or having a massive hostage situation could do a ton of damage to the stability of our democracy.