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Showing Original Post only (View all)The planners of the Jan 6 coup knew it had to be a permanent direction - frightening implications [View all]
There are so many people involved in the Jan 6 coup a the highest levels of repug government. They would know that if the coup succeeded, the only to stay out of jail after future elections we to ensure they could never lose power. This is what dictatorships are about. So i'm pretty sure the plan was for trump to never lose power again and for democracy to be dismantled or function like a third world dictatorship.
This is the mindset of the republican leadership. If they were willing to support a coup on Jan 6th, i don't believe they have any interest in protecting our Democracy. We show weakness at the risk of American values and Democracy.
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The planners of the Jan 6 coup knew it had to be a permanent direction - frightening implications [View all]
samsingh
Jan 2022
OP
I don't know--it's possible they all thought that if it failed, they'd be pardoned
Wingus Dingus
Jan 2022
#3
+1. They are not just not protecting democracy. They are actively working to destroy it.
dalton99a
Jan 2022
#18