>"Coup D'etat: a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics"
>That doesn't fit the captiol protest very well. Sudden? Decisive? Exercise of force?
Tell that to Brian Sicknick's[0] family.
Or did you miss the part where five people died and dozens were injured?
Or the smashed windows to force entry into the Capitol building, with some explicitly saying they were there to overturn the results of the election.
Let's see. A mob overpowers the assembled security without warning. That's sudden. Check.
An armed group stormed the Capitol, assaulted police and other folks, and by their own claims, wished to injure, take hostage and/or kill elected officials. Exercise of force. Check.
That same group did so, again based on their own claims, to overturn legally certified election results. Political motive. Check.
So please tell me, what doesn't fit the term "coup d'etat"? Or in this case, attempted coup d'etat?
Note that just because it didn't succeed doesn't change the facts or the intent.
If I walk into a bank and demand money, I'm still a bank robber even if I don't actually get any money. The analogy is fairly exact.
>That doesn't fit the captiol protest very well. Sudden? Decisive? Exercise of force?
Tell that to Brian Sicknick's[0] family.
Or did you miss the part where five people died and dozens were injured?
Or the smashed windows to force entry into the Capitol building, with some explicitly saying they were there to overturn the results of the election.
Let's see. A mob overpowers the assembled security without warning. That's sudden. Check.
An armed group stormed the Capitol, assaulted police and other folks, and by their own claims, wished to injure, take hostage and/or kill elected officials. Exercise of force. Check.
That same group did so, again based on their own claims, to overturn legally certified election results. Political motive. Check.
So please tell me, what doesn't fit the term "coup d'etat"? Or in this case, attempted coup d'etat?
Note that just because it didn't succeed doesn't change the facts or the intent.
If I walk into a bank and demand money, I'm still a bank robber even if I don't actually get any money. The analogy is fairly exact.
[0] https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/what-we-know-about-the-5-p...