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Martial law was effectively declared in DC for months after January 6th anyway. No assumption of power by Trump. Killing members of congress doesn't really cha
by lliamander 5y ago
Martial law was effectively declared in DC for months after January 6th anyway. No assumption of power by Trump.
Killing members of congress doesn't really change the fact that Pence was responsible for counting the votes, and the process would likely have resumed as quickly as possible.
This explanation is just so hand-wavy and doesn't really to capture what would likely happen in the case that a bunch of random Trump voters killed members of congress.
Now matter which way you slice it, any attempt by Trump or Pence to overturning official election results (even if they were fraudulent) was made impossible by the breach of the capitol.
- pfisch 5y agoThey wanted to kill Pence, and the speaker of the house, and most of the democrats. If those goals had been achieved it is very unclear what would've happened. Martial law was not declared after Jan 6th and the legal handover of power had already successfully occurred.