On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 8:03 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > *> From what I was able to see, there surely wasn't 30k at or near the > capital, even if they all desired revolution. In either case to stage a > revolt there's need to be 100 times your 30k number. * > No. If they are in the right place at the right time one tenth that number would be more than sufficient to have a successful coup d'état, and the Capitol Building in Washington DC on January 6, 2021 was just such a time and place. And It is no coincidence that is when and where Donald Trump chose to give the most inflammatory speech of his life and whip a mob into a frenzy and order them to march on the Capitol Building. And it almost worked, if the capital police had been a few minutes slower Trump's thugs could have not only stopped the certification for the next President they could have held the entire US house of representatives, the entire US Senate, and the Vice President of the United States hostage. Or they could've decided to just hang them all. They were all terrified, even being a Republican fascist dimwit was no guarantee of safety from a mob filled with adrenaline and bloodlust. Remember U.S. Rep. Andrew Clyde who claimed the mob was just acting like respectful tourists, well that certainly wasn't the way he felt on January 6! There are pictures of him frantically piling up furniture to block a doorway in an attempt to stop the rampaging mob from getting their hands on him.
A Republican congressman who denied there was an insurrection and likened Capitol rioters to tourists was photographed barricading the chamber doors against them <https://www.yahoo.com/news/republican-congressman-denied-insurrection-likened-105348005.html> > *> If you are correct about Trump's low level of intelligence, then in > history, the man stumbled into the US presidency and then stumbled back > out. Now that would be some anomaly!* > To refute your contention that it takes intelligence to gain political power in the US I need only point to US congressman Louie Gohmert, the only man in Washington even stupider than Trump. John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis> cv9 > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv2%3Dh5zwptQ1Dzsi44uJriWsH%3Dj6o8ASFAb7c9m5zwngfA%40mail.gmail.com.
