thats not a coup, thats obstruction of procedure and didny have a snowballs chance in hell of succeeding. Calling it a coup is bad-faith interpretation of the event.

When the "procedure" involved is the certification of votes for the new President, then yeah, that's an attempted coup.

And something doesn't have to have a snowball's chance in hell of succeeding at its illegal and seditious aims to remain illegal and seditious.

An attempted coup would be to actually attempt at a coup with plans on how to seize power and hold it and ensure you had enough military power to hold down the fort.

To interfere with a procedure they didn't have any chance of interfering with isn't a coup no matter how much you would like to stretch the definition.

The intent, plan and execution was geared toward changing the official election outcome, using violence and force to disrupt the constitutional process.

This was neither an attempt of taking over the power nor was it a successful move.

You are politicizing this.

Not really. I am actually accusing the previous President of the United States of criminal conduct and neglect (ref. the many cases against this person).

> wrongthink

What is this, the new "fake news" battle cry of the degenerates?

I realize software devs make for an interesting, and even intellectual sort of degenerate, but still degenerate.

> Only the policeman and the shot women are indicative of anything coup-like.

We still don't know what was the Officer's cause of death. But after weeks of fake news stories about him being beaten to death with a fire extinguisher, this probably doesn't matter. Also that the "Proud boys organized and coordinated groups with zip ties" is an additional misleading point. Those arrested for possessing zip ties, didn't bring them to capitol hill, they picked them up there after the law enforcement dropped them, the prosecution has admitted this itself.

Have you seen what some of the people were wearing? And the improvised weapons?

They might as well have had pitch forks. And they definitely had gallows.