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Showing Original Post only (View all)I still can't get over the fact that Trump literally tried to overturn the election after he lost [View all]
I still can't get over the fact that he literally tried to overturn the election after he lost and so many of his party went along with him. What did they think would have happened if they succeeded? Did they really think things would go on as if nothing happened?
The markets would tank as capital fled. There would be general strikes. Commerce would be ----ed. Free nations would withdraw their ambassadors at the request/demand of their voters. There would be riots everywhere. It wouldn't be civil war. It would be anarchy. If our military couldn't pacify Iraq or Afghanistan it's not going to be able to pacify America which has eight times as many people.
If you think about it it would have made Mexico and Canada great.
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I still can't get over the fact that Trump literally tried to overturn the election after he lost [View all]
DemocratSinceBirth
Jan 2021
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It was such a wildly incredible plot that even after it happened nobody can believe it
Walleye
Jan 2021
#1
It's almost as surpising that major segments of "the business community" went along
Tom Rinaldo
Jan 2021
#10
I can't get over the fact that so many elected officials were willing to help him.
Arkansas Granny
Jan 2021
#13
I obviously don't have any answers and not saying there are any easy answers to be sure
Proud Liberal Dem
Jan 2021
#29
I find comfort in my adult children and their children who are being raised in a righteous
CTyankee
Jan 2021
#31
He should be slapped in irons, arrested and thrown in Leavenworth for his trial for treason
Baclava
Jan 2021
#16
He always said there would not be a transition. There would be a continuation...
Kahuna
Jan 2021
#24
Yeah, they just realized Trumpism is bad for business, not got any more virtuous...
CTyankee
Jan 2021
#30