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Occupying a government building for a few hours to disrupt a ceremonial activity isn't an attempt to "overthrow the US government". The capitol isn't a game of Capture the Flag - you don't get power just by standing there. At most, the occupational of the capitol was equivalent to a sort of political panty raid. Silly, yes. Meaningful, no.

You have bought into a hysterical narrative, at least as fantastic as whatever insane narrative the QAnon people have bought into.



> You have bought into a hysterical narrative, at least as fantastic as whatever insane narrative the QAnon people have bought into.

I'm just stating facts. The claims Trump has made about election fraud, hundreds of times over the course of two months, are lies. He used the people who believed those lies to attack the Capitol as they deliberated on the transfer of power.

Please elaborate on what's hysterical about my assessment of these facts.


You literally responded to zero words in the parent's comment.




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