Columnist Will Bunch: Trump Came Much Closer to Pulling Off a January 6 Coup Than People Realize

[BeckyDem]

January 05, 2022



The January 6 insurrection resulted in criminal charges for over 700 rioters, and the FBI has since called it an act of domestic terrorism. Philadelphia Inquirer national columnist Will Bunch says there is growing evidence that links Trump and his inner circle to the Capitol attack. He argues understanding what was happening behind the scenes at the Pentagon, which has operational control over the National Guard in D.C., can help explain Trump’s botched attempt to overturn the 2020 election and the insurrection that followed.

“I think they fully believed that they would be able to call out the National Guard,” says Bunch, explaining Trump’s strategy to incite violence between his supporters and counterprotesters in an attempt to make military orders to disrupt the certification. Bunch predicts Trump and allies will delay cooperation with the House probe into the attack until Republicans can gain congressional power in 2022 and dismiss the investigation.

https://www.democracynow.org/2022/1/5/january_6_insurrection_coup_trump


( Smart, interesting perspective. )

[MagickMuffin]

1. Well then, WE must NOT let them run out the clock

They will not get that chance. The investigations will lay bare their treacherous ways.

[BeckyDem]

3. Absolutely!

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Seems like the 14 lackeys he installed suddenly got cold feet, why is that?

All feared consequences. So they knew it was wrong, and didn't quite believe it would succeed.

[Johnny2X2X]

4. There were basically no counter protests

That was the missing element for the coup they planned, they just assumed that there would be thousands of counter protesters they could blame for the violence and call the national guard in to take over the city.

[BeckyDem]

5. Yep, totally agree.

[Irish_Dem]

6. Why didn't they install fake counter protestors?

Why did they assume real counter protestors would be there?

[bucolic_frolic]

8. Hubris.

They believe their judgment is superior, that they know their enemy better than their enemy knows themselves. They thought Portand a harbinger, but failed to notice it was a fizzle. In other words, they thought Antifa would show up no matter what because look at the size of progressive protests over the course of TFG's 4 years! But progressives, liberals, large and seemingly undisciplined, really do stay within the lines. The Stable Genius got trumped by reality.

[Walleye]

7. Still don't understand why they thought we would protest in election that we won so decisively

[bucolic_frolic]

9. LOL! Yeah, there is that!!! /nt

[BeckyDem]

14. There was more than a little resentment within the camps. Trump, imo,

expected an outpouring of hey loser from our side...citizens ready to gloat and confrontations.

He also has a history of blaming BLM supporters, always ready to deflect responsibility.

[Walleye]

16. Major projection again. I don't think we gloat when we win elections, celebrate maybe

[BeckyDem]

18. Exactly, Trump has consistently projected and often the results are less than he bargained for.

[uponit7771]

11. THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

20. The only counter protestors present were the Capitol and D.C. police

who were trying to defend the Capitol from the onslaught of Herr Drumpf's insurrectionists.

During the 2016 election TFG had said what he would do during a debate with HRC. Q: "Mr. Trump, are you willing to accept the results of the election?" T**** answered, "If I win I will."

Everyone laughed. It was clearly a joke.

Two things about TFG: (1) He has no sense of humor, and (2) under no circumstances will he allow himself to be seen as a loser.

The military was wise to insert itself between Donnie's fat finger and the Red Button, otherwise on January 6th Tehran might have found itself turned into a radioactive crater.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

10. We came very close to losing our democratic form of government

[uponit7771]

12. K&R, people raise the bar to "Coup" to mean a total dictatorship takeover of the government and

... that's not the technical meaning of the word

[onecaliberal]

13. It wasn't just trump. They had at least 100 house members willing to help

[KS Toronado]

19. Yes, all the House members who voted

not to certify electoral votes in those swing States late on Jan 6th are the guilty ones and are
not worthy of being a congressman.

[jalan48]

15. Sounds serious.

[Poiuyt]

17. It ain't over yet

Trump and the Republican party are still working hard at it. It's just that this time, it will be done silently.