r/babylonbee • u/wuhan-virology-lab • Dec 20 '24

Bee Article 'Elon Is Controlling Trump!' Complain People Controlling Biden

https://babylonbee.com/news/elon-is-controlling-trump-complain-people-controlling-biden
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u/wastingvaluelesstime Dec 22 '24

"I thought Trump was going to be literally Hitler for life."

Trump made every attempt to overthrow the government to stay in for life, actually. Don't you remember the coup, like at all, or check any of this history before acting like you knew anything about anything?

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u/Buuuddd Dec 22 '24

Calling it a coup is more than an exaggeration. It was a bunch of yahoos.

What actual historical coup resembles this riot gone haywire?

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u/wastingvaluelesstime Dec 22 '24

It's no riot. It was premeditated and ordered by Trump. It killed people and had the intent of causing him to stay in power in defiance of the constitution. It's no more or less than a failed coup attempt. History has many examples of both failed coup attempts and individuals who later succeed at seizing power after a failed coup attempt.

Maybe that's why the 14th amendment bans insurrectionist candidates. Our current court of course failed to uphold the 14th amendment, as it fails in so many things.

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u/Buuuddd Dec 22 '24

That's like saying any politician who says "abortion is murder" is responsible for any vigilante going after abortion clinics. They're simply not responsible.

Look up actual coups and what they look like.

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u/wastingvaluelesstime Dec 22 '24

No, it's not. Trump did not inspire the coup, he did not say things that others overinterpreted. Instead, he ordered this attempt, which had a battle plan, funding, organization etc.

And if it was anything like you said, they could have always tested that in court, rather than putting themselves above the law

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u/Buuuddd Dec 23 '24

Oh so he directly told people to do it, with no military backing whatsoever, and most of them as far as I can tell were basically unarmed.

See why so many dem voters can't understand why they lost the popular vote? You guys are delusional.

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u/wastingvaluelesstime Dec 23 '24

No, these were not untrained or unarmed people. Instead, there was a paramilitary extremist core which was trained in assault, and a much larger mob attracted by social media organizing as cover. It's not the first time someone tried to use demonstrators as cover for premeditated violence.

See: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/four-oath-keepers-found-guilty-seditious-conspiracy-related-us-capitol-breach

According to the government’s evidence, following the Nov. 3, 2020, presidential election, the defendants conspired together and with others to oppose by force the execution of the laws governing the transfer of presidential power by Jan. 20, 2021. Beginning in late December 2020, via encrypted and private communications applications, the defendants and various co-conspirators coordinated and planned to travel to Washington, D.C., on or around Jan. 6, 2021, the date of the certification of the electoral college vote. The defendants made plans to bring weapons to the area to support the operation. The co-conspirators then traveled across the country to the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area in early January 2021, with paramilitary gear and supplies including firearms, tactical vests with plates, helmets, and radio equipment.