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I think "attempted coup" definition has already been discussed hell and back. It's a very disingenuous description of what happened. Also, it is very disingenuo
by totony 5y ago
I think "attempted coup" definition has already been discussed hell and back. It's a very disingenuous description of what happened. Also, it is very disingenuous to blacklist one of your only two parties because of what a (small) subset of their voters did.
N.B.: Not american
- DarylZero 5y agoTrump tried to overturn the election result for _months_. It wasn't just one day and it certainly wasn't just "voters." Even the people in the GOP who refused to back his coup attempt did not sever ties with Trump.
- totony 5y agoOverthrowing a vote which was manipulated is not a coup. What Trump did is he challenged the rightfulness of the vote for months in court. That's a far cry from what you're describing. Now, you may disagree (as the courts) that it was manipulated. Being wrong does not make what he did a coup.
- archagon 5y agohttps://twitter.com/hugolowell/status/1468989737490911232 https://twitter.com/hugolowell/status/1468989737490911232 If this doesn't look like some uncontrovertibly fascist shit to you, then we live in entirely different realities.
- totony 5y agoIf you were president, and suspected vote manipulation/foreign influence on voting, what would you do?
- DarylZero 5y agoIt's a classic modern coup, to tell lies about the election and discard it.