Quote Originally Posted by oskar View Post
The capitol was occupied for over an hour before the national guard was allowed to deploy. That was after it became obvious that the mob had not been able to capture political leaders.
I can see Boost and Mojo not wanting to believe their country would elect a banana dictactor wannabe, but someone has to explain why security was not stepped up in either the days leading up to Jan. 6, when it was obvious there was at LEAST the potential for shit to kick off, or once it did kick off, until the coup or insurrection or lolpeaceful demonstrationlol or w/e you want to call it failed to take over.

This is the smoking gun that it was a coup attempt. Trump gave himself plausible deniability by never outright telling them to go and kill any of their elected reps, but if they had and he had somehow managed to retain power as a result, or a civil war had started, he'd be right there to lead the QAnon-tards to victory.

Trump for his part wasn't risking his own life or even his freedom if it failed, he wasn't up front courageously leading them in a "just cause", he was just egging them on from the sidelines. And if it succeeded he could retain power. What did he have to lose? Getting impeached again?