Both halves of this sentence are wrong: there were guns, which an insurrection need not have.

> I'm not really going to spend time debating your extreme views.

Viewing the insurrectionists as insurrectionists isn't an extreme view.

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Half of Iowans say the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 in an effort to derail the election certification process was an insurrection and a threat to democracy, a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows.

That includes 93% of Democrats, 50% of independents and 20% of Republicans.

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https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/iowa-p...

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Most Americans believe the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol can be described as an "insurrection" but remain divided on how it should be investigated, according to a new Monmouth University poll.

Fifty-six percent of respondents said it is appropriate to call what happened on Jan. 6, when a mob of former President Trump's supporters stormed the Capitol, an insurrection, while an even larger majority - 72 percent - say it could be appropriately described as a "riot."

In contrast, only one-third of respondents said that they see the events of Jan. 6 as a "legitimate protest," according to the Monmouth poll.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/558918-poll-majority-s...