Trump’s Voters Took the Coup Literally and Seriously

[W_Heisenberg]

Trump's Voters Took the Coup Literally and Seriously

Only a fool points a loaded gun at the heart of a democracy.

thebulwark.com

Here’s a tip. When you tell tens of millions of people who worship you that you want to overthrow the government, some of them are going to believe you. And then the violence and vigilantism that mark Third World dictatorships will follow. The seventh House conspirator’s speech was interrupted by rioters who understood exactly what these traitors were calling for. They took them seriously and literally.

And so this riotous mob acted accordingly. They swarmed the walls of the Capitol. They bashed in doors and smashed in windows and clashed with police. As they marched through the halls of the Capitol, causing Congress to flee, they vandalized and stole. They breached the House chamber and occupied the speaker’s rostrum. They broke into the speaker’s office. Blood was spilled. One woman was shot and killed.

This is what you get when you pretend that you care about the grievances of vox populi but all you actually want to do is inflame those grievances so they’ll give you another $5 donation or retweets or a future primary vote.

It’s what you get when your party’s “intellectual” movement stands up “news” organizations designed to do nothing other than create an information ecosystem that validates lies.

This is what you get when you say nothing while the president and attorney general order jackbooted thugs to fire rubber pellet grenades and tear gas at peaceful protesters outside the White House who simply want accountability for the wrongful death of black Americans.

I agree with this, and I would go further and suggest that Trump supporters on forums like this who contributed to the false propaganda campaign by spreading the lies about voter fraud are also partly responsible.

 

[Lord Tammerlain]

Trump and any of the top leaders of the Trump movement did not have the guts to go through with what they were hoping for

A few words to take the capital and prevent the steal would have seen a far more violent crowd, one that was worked up and angry. Trump did not want to take the risk, none of the other leaders, so they left the mob leaderless. Once they got into the capital building, they had no idea what to do, so the protest/riot ended

A humiliation for Trump and his die hard supporters, a god send for the US. The lack of leadership prevent a far protest and larger riot. Trumps overall lack of leadership, which has so dearly cost the US, in the end saved it as well. Someone with strong leadership and a plan could have used the crowd to create significantly more violence and cause the US to go into a near civil war.