[archagon]

As far as I’m concerned, “attempted coup” is a burned bridge that will never be rebuilt. I’m not a member of the Democratic party, but there is nothing the Republican party can do to make me ever vote for them in the future. I hope that the party withers and dies, and that any remaining sensible people go and form a new party.

Some offenses are simply unforgivable.

[totony]

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]

Trump 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]

Overthrowing 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]

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]

If you were president, and suspected vote manipulation/foreign influence on voting, what would you do?

[DarylZero]

It's a classic modern coup, to tell lies about the election and discard it.

[edmcnulty101]

People aren't saying it was republicans. People are saying it was Trump and his people. The normal republicans weren't involved.