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Even Without the Assault on the Capitol, It Was Still a Coup

Even Without the Assault on the Capitol, It Was Still a Coup

Republishing my two-part piece from 2022.

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Jan 05, 2024
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Hello and good day to everybody,

To mark the 3rd anniversary of the January 6th assault on the U.S. Capitol, I am republishing two pieces I wrote back in January 2022 about why I firmly believe that even without the Capitol riot, this was still a coup attempt. In fact, I believe that the “paperwork coup” in which Trump was trying to find legal loopholes …

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