[hackyhacky]

> It was a protest that got out of hand.

I agree that Jan 6 was not that big a deal. However, Jan 6 was just one part of a larger, nearly successful conspiracy to overturn the election. The conspiracy included pressuring the Vice President to exceed his authority; fraudulent electors; and extorting false claims of fraud from states.

[bogomog]

How is not a big deal that a few thousand citizens were various levels of conscious and unconscious participants in an organized coup attempt?

[scarab92]

Explain Trump getting re-elected in 2024.

As on-the-nose as the Democrats are, I don't think that would have been possible if the public thought he orchestrated a serious attempt at a coup.

[hackyhacky]

The public are misled, thanks to omnipresent right-leaning media and increasingly hard-to-penetrate echo chambers.

In the immediate aftermath of Jan 6, even his fellow republicans called it a coup, until they changed their minds for political expediency.

[bogomog]

Exactly. And a certain amount of maga are still in favor of a coup, and then a certain amount of blissfully ignorant new voters.

[zmgsabst]

Yeah - they should’ve just had a court overturn it like Romania!