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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat should we call this attempt to overthrow the election results?
The Hold My Beer Hall Putsch?
Prolosertrumpian Revolution?
Whatever we call it, in the end it is traitorous and sedition.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/06/politics/us-capitol-lockdown/index.html
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What should we call this attempt to overthrow the election results? (Original Post)
geardaddy
Jan 2021
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Thomas Hurt
(13,976 posts)1. Sedition
geardaddy
(25,392 posts)7. You are correct, sir
Bev54
(13,326 posts)12. It is a reason for Trump to call for martial law
which is what he has wanted all along.
geardaddy
(25,392 posts)13. I hope not.
Luckily I don't think he controls the Capitol Police and certainly not the DC Police.
Bev54
(13,326 posts)17. No but he can call on the military to go in
That is my fear, so it gives him an excuse. I do believe this was the plan.
Politicub
(12,327 posts)2. Start of a civil war?
This is not a joke.
geardaddy
(25,392 posts)8. I know it's not a joke.
unblock
(56,077 posts)3. the cuckoo coup?
JCMach1
(29,141 posts)4. Trumphole Putsch
Mr.Bill
(24,906 posts)5. The beginning of Trump's impeachment
and removal from office.
superpatriotman
(6,819 posts)6. Christo-fascist futility
Bad Thoughts
(2,657 posts)9. The Trump Putsch
napi21
(45,806 posts)10. Sedition! That's what CNN is calling it. They just said "Sedition is the attempted overthrow of
rule of law by force." Tapper said, "This is no longer attempted, this is IT! This IS sedition!!!
geardaddy
(25,392 posts)11. Yes, it is. It is sedition.
struggle4progress
(125,682 posts)14. The GOP burns the Reichstag, hoping to pass an Enabling Act
geardaddy
(25,392 posts)15. Eerily similar
Amishman
(5,917 posts)16. Tantrum of the Trumpies?
as dramatic as this is, its just an embarrassment, alienates sane people, and will accomplish nothing
