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Trump Was ‘Not Going To Leave’ The White House, Lawyer Testifies In Georgia Case (www.huffpost.com)
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[–] Melkath@kbin.social -2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

... but he did.

And he is in active litigation to face the consequences...

This massive push to make Trump the big bad wolf as scary as possible to scare people into voting for Biden when they fundamentally disagree with his actions is really getting ridiculous.

Cheeto and his buffoon squad are not competent enough to be nearly as dangerous as the media is trying to scare us into believing.

Their "coup" was just walking into the capitol, literally smearing shit on the walls, and then getting locked up in prison for doing it. Really makes me believe they can end America.

Don't get me wrong, it will be a shitty 4 years, but Biden has done this to us, and life will go on.

[–] be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Here's an organization that studies and categorizes Coup d'État against a specific set of criteria.

Here is their statement about Jan 06.

That statement provides links to their methodology and dataset, as well as other details.

Here is an excerpt:

The Cline Center’s Coup d’État Project is the world’s largest global registry of failed and successful coups. The Cline Center defines a coup as an “organized effort to effect sudden and irregular (e.g., illegal or extra-legal) removal of the incumbent executive authority of a national government, or to displace the authority of the highest levels of one or more branches of government.” To be categorized as a coup, an event must meet the following criteria (which are detailed at greater length in the Coup d’État Project codebook):

-There must be some person or persons who initiated the coup.

-The target of the coup must have meaningful control over national policy.
-There must be a credible threat to the leaders' hold on power.
-Illegal or irregular means must be used to seize, remove, or render powerless the target of the coup.
-It must be an organized effort.

Summary

Using the Cline Center’s Coup d’État Project definitions, the storming of the US Capitol Building on January 6, 2021 was an attempted coup d’état: an organized, illegal attempt to intervene in the presidential transition by displacing the power of the Congress to certify the election. In terms of the type of coup attempt, the complex nature of this event leads it to be categorized as both an attempted auto-coup and as an attempted dissident coup, reflecting the separate activities of distinctive actors involved in the event.

[–] Melkath@kbin.social -2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm not saying a group of bumpkins didn't storm the Capitol.

I am not saying that is acceptable.

I am saying that life went on (for everyone except that one woman), justice was served, and Trump doesn't scare me enough to vote for a genocidal maniac.

[–] gothic_lemons@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Didn't the trump cucks kill a cop too?

[–] Melkath@kbin.social -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not that I recall.

One sad woman got 1 tapped and they scattered like cockroaches.

Link it if I'm wrong.

[–] gothic_lemons@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Nah why don't you do your own research. I got better things to do than do research for some lazy troll arguing in bad faith. Please do LSD or mushrooms to gain empathy and become a real human being who cares about others.

[–] Melkath@kbin.social -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

So my recollection is correct.

And also, the irony of someone telling me to get empathy to convince me into supporting a genocide like them. Height of irony.

[–] griefreeze@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Your recollection is incorrect, one officer died the following night as a result of his injuries. Two others also killed themselves within a week of it.

Also where the fuck is anyone discussing genocide here? Nevermind, I see you're using Biden's position on Israel/Palestine as a shitty rhetorical deflection.

[–] Melkath@kbin.social -1 points 11 months ago

Thanks for the correction. 2 people died, not 1. Dude further up was correct. 1 woman shot. 1 officer bludgeoned in the head. Shit smears on the walls. Bitches scurrying like cockroaches when the woman got shot.

Also, you're right. Crossed wires with other threads I'm responding to. Though I still think this article is part of a campaign to fluff up Trump and make him look much bigger and badder than he is by the media in an effort to bully us into voting for Biden, despite the genocide, horrible approval ratings, and general overall shitty job at being President.

[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This is your reaction to "Man almost overthrows centuries of peaceful transition of power, stopped only by a few individuals who refused to cooperate"? That he's not actually dangerous at all?

You are the reason they put warning labels on everything now.

[–] Melkath@kbin.social -1 points 11 months ago

Have you heard of the Civil War?

Brother. We ain't even close to that place.

Americans are too fat and scared.