Even without the assault on the Capitol, it was still a coup. (Part 2 of 2)

Parker Molloy

Jan 10, 2022

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Even without the assault on the Capitol, it was still a coup. (Part 1 of 2)

Hello and good day to everybody, Today marks one year since an angry mob stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to disrupt the counting of the electoral votes from the 2020 presidential election. If you’re looking for a blow-by-blow take on what happened, you’re not going to find that here, as there are people who are way more qualified to tell those sto…

4 years ago · 13 likes · 2 comments · Parker Molloy

I started that post with a basic overview of some of the arguments made in defense of Republicans regarding January 6th. Most notably, there seems to be a big push to pretend that the on…

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