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The nutcases were the distraction for the plan to breach Congress. You need a mob to operate without interference from Capitol police. The idea was to pull a ma

• ALittleLight 4y ago
  Giuliani tried to get a three month extension on his term in the wake of a massive terrorist attack in NYC. He also threatened to try to get the term limits on the mayoralty changed so he could run again. He was denied and Bloomberg was elected. Bloomberg did get around the term limits thing to get an extra term, which I bring up to highlight that a mayor serving a third term is not some horrible crisis or usurpation. "Pulling a Giuliani" just seems like a weird expression. First, the events weren't all that comparable - 9/11 versus an hours long riot. If the worst terrorist attack on American soil didn't weaken democracy enough for a mayor to take a third term, why would a protest turned riot overthrow the presidency? Second, what Giuliani tried wasn't even that bad. And, third, not even Giuliani could pull off a Giuliani. Personally, people who think the January 6 riot was some coup seem a bit hyperbolic to me. Was it a coup attempt when violent protesters attacked Trump's inauguration? I'd say no, of course not. Neither was January 6th.