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by sigmaprimus 1752 days ago
How far did Trump go to overthrow it? You seem to think it's all Trumps fault that a mob of people that spent a summer watching people riot all across america looting and burning down buildings...without any concequences, show up at the capitol to protest, get carried away then riot, and bust into the capitol.

Trump probably did enjoy watching congress cowar in fear and flee, but in the end he told them to go home, he didn't say "now I'm incharge". You only think that way because the sleazy media propagandists have told You to think that.

Maybe You shoukd try looking at it another way, or don't ignorance is bliss after all.
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mcphage 1751 days ago
> How far did Trump go to overthrow it? You seem to think it's all Trumps fault that a mob of people that spent a summer watching people riot all across america looting and burning down buildings...without any concequences, show up at the capitol to protest, get carried away then riot, and bust into the capitol.

Well, he did invite them to come to Washington, and encourage them to storm the Capitol, so yeah, I'd say he went pretty far.

Hell, they wanted to kill the Vice-President.

> but in the end he told them to go home, he didn't say "now I'm incharge"

When attempting a coup, it's important to know when you succeeded, and know when you failed. And look! He may even get away with it.

Just so we're clear, though—you're fine with Biden supporters staging a repeat of this in 2024? Who knows, maybe next time it'll work.

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sigmaprimus 1751 days ago
Whatever floats your boat, Your make huge assumptions and are pontificating on Biden losing the election what a dumb argument.

I do not share the same opinion regarding the events on Jan 6th as You and I never will.

As far as a peaceful transfer of power the violence that occured leading up to the election assured that a peacefull transfer of power could not occur. The threat of violence was so obvious that store owners were boarding up windows prior to the election, and that was not out of fear that Biden would win.

If You could get past the Trump derangement syndrome for a while You might see that.

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mcphage 1751 days ago
> As far as a peaceful transfer of power the violence that occured leading up to the election assured that a peacefull transfer of power could not occur.

"I was so worried about the glass breaking that I broke it myself, just to be sure."

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