and the duly elected President-elect with rule by autocrat through the use of violence and terror.

The members of the legislature were threatened.

The machinery of our elections was threatened.

The Vice President and his family were threatened.

Sounds pretty coup-ish to me.

He thought he could intimidate congress into supporting his challenges. That was never going to happen.

A coup is the removal of the existing government by force.

These people were not trying to remove the existing government. They were trying to prevent a new government from coming into existence.

Adherence to our Constitution is what defines our government.

This was an attempt to replace the Constitution with rule by autocrat and mob.

Had it succeeded, it would have been the destruction of the federal government as legally constituted.

Sounds like a coup to me.

As I understand it, the phrase "coup d'état" means a blow against the state.

The only way this doesn't qualify is if, like Louis XIV, Trump is entitled to say, "The state is me."

But I'm not going to argue with you. Think whatever you want.

They seem to think it was a coup attempt:

https://democraticunderground.com/100214849344

It seems to me they have a lot more experience with coups and coup attempts than we do.

We are supposed to be a government of laws, not men (or women). To attempt to derail the proper functioning of government at the level of head of state is attempting to decapitate the legal government.

But we're arguing semantics. Surely you agree this was an attack on democracy.

I'm in no mood to argue about it. It's not that important.

are now making that exact point.

It isn't a coup, the left is exaggerating. It was just a protest that got out of hand (and besides the worst actors were ANTIFA infiltrators).

Coup as commonly understood is an attempt to overturn the government, which in this case means the orderly transition of power from one administration to the next duly elected administration.

It was an attempt to overthrow the Biden administration even before it took office.

We've gone too far in this country sugar coating the reality of what's been happening.

As I said. Think whatever you want.

Definition of coup d'état
: a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics
especially : the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coup%20d'état

Does "attempted coup" make you feel better?

attempting to nullify the results of an election.

You won't learn anything from the data you gather.

The answers that lie between Yes and No can't be Yes, buts. Plus Antifa reptilians are crossing the Mexican border illegally to vote in favor of Sharia Law in this poll.

terrorism

shot if they failed, like in other countries where this shit happens. All the more reason why they should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. They wanted to be heroes for pulling it off. Make them pay.

(which is the German for coup).

He knew he'd get what amounted to a slap on the wrist, since the Bavarian courts were all far-right, He even had the support of some of the members of the government he was trying to overthrow.

It was still an attempted coup.

The imagery that came out of it was the goal -- the mirage of democratic infallibility that our country has been able to maintain on the world stage is completely shattered and it paves the way for a real and swift coup in the future.

and social distancing in the early days of the pandemic and cruised to a second term easily.

We dodged a bullet with his dumb ass but there's Cotton on the horizon. I say Cotton because he was smart enough not to latch onto the shiny object of objecting to EC ballot counting like the ambitious upstart Hawley who thought he was on his way to a big share of magat support for 2024.

No doubt about it. He needs to be removed but it's unlikely to happen. My hope is that he can be neutered until he leaves.

...it was a culmination of months if not years of trump's propaganda all focused on him seizing power should he not be legitimately re-elected...remember, if he lost, it was rigged?

...this is why it's imperative Congress strongly asserts the rule of law and redeems the integrity of our Constitution and it's impeachment and removal process...

...there has never been a more worthy president for impeachment and removal...

...we dodged a bullet this time...but without a strong, timely and effective impeachment and removal of trump we may not be so lucky next time...

...if we don't put more skin and teeth into our impeachment process, it'll be meaningless...

...dangerously meaningless...

use the 25th, and censoring is way too mild, it has to be impeachment even though McTurtle and the republicans are still the same obstacle they were before.

The Speaker has to go through with it though even if time runs out resulting in it being only symbolic in value. That's ok with me though as the orange turd will be the only president in history, and probably ever, to be impeached twice.

Twice.

I'm unwilling to even contemplate splitting hairs on this one.

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Now, if you'd asked, was this a coup attempt by the Three Stooges, then I'd probably agree with you.

A coup attempt might've been what Trump was hoping for, but from what I saw, it looked more like an unorganized mob riot.
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if he had just had enough sense to wear a mask and model social distancing.

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ETA: I feel sorry for all the Dems who died, but as far as the republicans are concerned...
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But it was trump, he bungles everything. Good for us, bad for the 360k covid dead.

He is capable of fomenting chaos and confusion which often comes back and bites him in the ass.

And, Trump and his toadies and children are guilty of sedition for inciting it.