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In reply to the discussion: Fiona Hill: Trump DID try to stage a coup using our military. US military refused. [View all]patphil
(6,303 posts)The attack on the Capitol was planned in advance by Trump and his people...no doubt. The people who stormed the building were, for the most part, useful idiots. But within the thousands who were there was a cadre of revolutionaries who were ready to take Senators and Representatives prisoner and force an end to the EC ballot count.
They were determined to stop Biden and Harris from be officially certified as the next President and Vice-President.
It was evident that some Capitol and DC police were also involved. The defender who shot that woman may very well have stalled the attack and gave the people in the room time to escape. He is a true hero.
But, this was only the first skirmish in what may be a long conflict. The radical right believes it's their time, and are ready to ramp up the violence.
Fauci talks about the dark days of this winter as the Covid virus rages across the country, but there is a different kind of rage boiling up across the land that will make this winter even darker.
The Republic is still in danger, and I fear hundreds, if not thousands could die over the next few months.