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9. I know, but we're talking trained Secret Service agents against fat, stupid rednecks.

Sun May 16, 2021, 10:28 AM

May 2021

Suffice to say, I think the mob would have gotten the worst of that encounter for sure.

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How close did the "attempted coup" come to succeeding? [View all] kentuck May 2021 OP

Thisclose. Kid Berwyn May 2021 #1

If they had captured Mike Pence...? kentuck May 2021 #2

Absolutely. Kid Berwyn May 2021 #6

Mob mentality is a scary thing, multigraincracker May 2021 #31

Anyone casually following the events and the behavior of Trumpy-Boy Eyeball_Kid May 2021 #7

That too. It was scary JohnSJ May 2021 #29

That one bullet that stopped or slowed down the invasion multigraincracker May 2021 #32

A pubic hair AND it isn't over ... Cosmocat May 2021 #4

Not very close at all. BlueStater May 2021 #5

The mob had guns... kentuck May 2021 #8

Perhaps? kentuck May 2021 #10

Some of those fat, stupid rednecks seemed extremely organized. haele May 2021 #14

They need to make sure the entire American public sees what guns they had fescuerescue May 2021 #23

Yes. That's correct, IMO. Eyeball_Kid May 2021 #12

And Trump had given orders to not use force on the "marchers" (mob) kentuck May 2021 #13

Yes! "a TV version of a coup" keithbvadu2 May 2021 #18

Agree with BlueState about the mob in the Capitol, plus they could have Hortensis May 2021 #24

Trump told them to go home ... left-of-center2012 May 2021 #15

I think the coup would never have succeeded in keeping Chump FakeNoose May 2021 #20

If the coup had "succeeded", Trump would still not be president Fiendish Thingy May 2021 #21

They are no match for the American military fescuerescue May 2021 #22

I think it was close in terms of physical proximity. davsand May 2021 #30