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by stoplying1 1454 days ago
Which is why protestor hung a noose, came within 40 ft of Mike Pence, Mike Pence refused to get in the car with Trump's SS, that's why Trump wanted to march with armed protestors. Domestic terrorists occupied Congress, caused our legislative and executive branch to go into hiding. There are strong indications that there is still significant info to come and that Trump expected violence.

Are you glued to Fox News, lying to yourself, or just flat out being disingenuous?

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Nothing you mentioned would have overthrown the country. Violent regime change happens almost exclusively via military actions or widespread popular uprisings.

The top brass of the military would not have supported a coup by Trump and the group that protested that day was not large enough to effect regime change.

> The top brass of the military would not have supported a coup by Trump

I certainly am not confident in your claim. And if the military had stepped in to prevent a federal coup, I think America would have fragmented into several state coalitions. In all cases, the nation has been badly harmed by the rioters and the insurrectionists that led them. Indeed, we’ve yet to see whether the US remains a democracy: several states are doing all they can to dissuade and prevent citizens from voting, or gerrymandering the districts. It’s a knife’s edge now; the country could easily fall to authoritarianism.