It was not a 'disruption', had the rioters gotten a hold of the vice-president at the time, or a democratic member of congress, or a republican member of congress they deemed as 'disloyal to Trump' they WOULD have killed them.
And they were aided and abetted by the previous president and conservative members of congress.
They were not punished and so they are still at it. They will most likely achieve victory by the end of this year, and that will be the end of the 'American Experiment'.
Its very important that you understand that these statements are not just me being a partisan 'lefty'. These are objective facts:
We have two political parties here in the US- one is trying to govern a democracy, trying to make sure government functions to help people, and does so while trying to follow the rules and norms of our constitutional democracy. And the other party is trying to tear down all of that, intentionally trying to break and corrupt the system in order to make it easier for them to overthrow our democracy and replace it with a fascist authoritarian state. They are not constrained by the rules or the laws or decency, and so they will win.
The republicans have declared war on our democracy because they are faced with the fact that they cannot hold power if there are free elections. They intentionally catered to racists, sexists, and bigots to get their vote, and that- naturally- alienated most Americans... so now they actively try to suppress the votes of minorities, they Gerrymander so that they can control congress, and despite being a minority they win a hugely inflated number of seats in congress.
They could try to reform themselves so they don't alienate blacks, non-christians, women, homosexuals, and Latinos- but if they do that then the base of bigots and racists they have so carefully cultivated and whipped up into a violent frenzy will turn on them. So they have decided that insurrection is the easier path, and they feed their base lies to keep them in a constant state of panicked outrage so they can be wielded as a weapon when the time comes.
This time next year they will probably win the house and senate- when they do they will obstruct and cripple our government in hopes that the harm caused to the american people will lessen the chances that Biden (or a democratic successor) will be re-elected. They likely will attempt to Impeach Biden on 'Trumped-up' charges.
They are passing laws in republican states to make it possible for them to override the votes of the people in the next presidential election if the people vote against them.
American democracy has 2-3 years left. IF by some miracle a democrat manages to win the presidency in 2024, the republicans WILL resort to violence that will be far more bloody and effective than January 6th was.
We have monsters in our midst, and the democrats keep thinking they can be reasoned with- they can be calmed down. That is simply suicide.
Republicans have declared war, and the democrats try to play nice- so of COURSE they will lose.
It is such a colossal tragedy- for America and the world, and the people that voted for Trump are responsible for it.
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January 6th was the American conservatives attempting to stage a coup
