yeah
I'm sure this had nothing to do with the attempted coup
I'm sure this had nothing to do with the attempted coup
You are being disingenuous if you label this as a "coup" regurgitating biased media talking points.
Either the Capitol Police are fucking terrible incompetent or they wanted this to happen.
BLM rioters burned down a police station in Minneapolis/St Paul. They took over 6 square blocks in Seattle and their "community police" shot up a Jeep killing a 14 year old boy and removed all the evidence (https://battlepenguin.video/videos/watch/9f81cd38-3ee9-4f26-...).
These people walked into a public building and everyone is upset because they walked around the sacred halls of the rich and powerful; the house of the people. It was peasants in the castle and we can't have that.
Was it wrong? absolutely. That's why the vast majority of people stayed outside.
Oh and a woman was shot by that incompetent Capitol Security force. It's okay though because her life didn't matter since she's white. I'm pretty sure it was her fault because victim blaming is alright if the victim is a privileged air force veteran and isn't an oppressed minority.
I am not trying to justify it as good or bad, but it was not a coup by a long shot and you cant haphazardly label it as such.
https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/jan/06/coup-heres-so...
The courts have "listened" to the "claims of injustice". They found nothing of merit. It's over. Trump lost, fair and square. His inability to handle the loss and his disregard for our democracy has wreaked havoc across the nation.
They rushed through barricades of the legislative building during a session. This session wasn't merely "some bill" for gun control, or abolishing taxes, or amending the Constitution, or what have you.
It was the procedure of finally and officially certifying the results of an election that has been improperly questioned by the incumbent. This election has been concluded to be free of systemic fraud, or any level of fraud sufficient to flip any state. And yet these seditious citizens broke in with the intent to stop such a vote from occurring, to the extent that representatives had to flee to safety and several people died.
I personally did not support the level of property damage from the summer protests, but the differences are large. Protesting for political change through collective action, and being attacked in many instances by the very force they claim is oppressive.
The protesters in DC were attacking the will of the people, based on lies and the encouragement of the sitting President - and pretty much welcomed in by local law enforcement.
Can you point to the specific things that occurred which you believe were part of an attempted coup, and why you believe they were?
The then refused to deploy the National Guard to protect the Capitol and reportedly was thrilled at the fact that the certification was interrupted by the rioters.
After much pressure he finally put out a weak statement telling the rioters he loved them and they should go home, but the election was still a fraud.
What part of that fails to fall under encouraging an insurrection?
Or did you ignore the videos of them removing barriers, or Trump supporters yelling at people breaking glass to stop, or protestors getting selfies with the guards in the building and tapping them on the shoulder and thanking them for their service?
This is a good list as well https://www.reddit.com/r/Keep_Track/comments/ks56rh/trump_ri...
There was also one on Steve Bannon's War Room too this morning towards the end.
There are multiple ones if you just search of the Capitol police literally waving people in.
https://freespeechextremist.com/media/d5a1870d-1c9d-45a9-be2...
Oh my, surely an unbiased source. Why not inform us what Alex Jones is saying as well?
What other reason for the attack do you imagine there was?
Trump told them he won the election. He told them it was fraudulently stolen from them. He told them that this could be rectified by interfering in the proceedings. His intent was to take and retain power by remaining president through intimidating congress into refusing to count the electoral college votes. So yes - they were intending to take power. The fact it was based on a made up fantasy with no basis in reality does not alter the intent of either the rabble or Trump who incited them and painted that reality for them.
I (obviously) can't know what was in the minds of the folks who broke into the Capitol.
However, multiple news reports detail that a number of the folks arrested were carrying police-restraint style cable ties, firearms and explosives.
Given that both the Vice-president and the Speaker of the House (#2 and #3 in line of succession to the presidency), as well as both houses of Congress were in the Capitol at that moment, it's fair to ask who those folks intended to restrain with those cable ties?
And once they were restrained, what would they do with those restrained people?
Again, I can't say what was in the minds of the folks who attempted to occupy the US Capitol building, but some certainly brought weapons and tools indicating that they wanted to take hostages and possibly harm/kill them.
Do you usually bring molotov cocktails and police-style plastic restraints when you go sightseeing? Out to dinner, maybe? Or even to a protest rally?
While the protestors didn't storm the Capitol or bring tools to restrain people and destroy property, some segment of the rioters/insurrectionists did so.
As I mentioned, taking hostage and murdering the Vice President, the Speaker of the House and perhaps many members of Congress probably wouldn't have destroyed our government, but it certainly could be considered a coup attempt and definitely would be insurrection.
Exhibit B: Rudy going around and encouraging Republican state legislatures to throw out the vote of the people and instead appoint Donald Trump.
Exhibit C: Trump continuing to tell his supporters that they're right to be angry and this whole election was an undemocratic coup against him even when ostensibly telling them to go home hours after they've breached the Capitol building.
Exhibit D: Literally everything else Trump and his cronies have said over the past 2 months and the past 5.5 years.
Instead, I'd suggest you try to re-calibrate what you think is normal.
Everyone wants to use words like coup or insurrection as outrage bait and more clicks and views. It denigrates the plight of people who have actually lived through the real version of those events. As a US citizen, it's embarrassing actually.