# Did the Trump protestors/insurrectionists shoot their wad?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [January 21, 2021, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-trump-protestors-insurrectionists-shoot-their-wad/931052 "2021-01-21T03:49:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Win\_Place\_Show](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/win_place_show/32/13469_2.png) [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-trump-protestors-insurrectionists-shoot-their-wad/931052/41 "2021-01-22T15:48:08Z")

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It’s going to be Tucker Fucking Carlson, isn’t it?

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**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-trump-protestors-insurrectionists-shoot-their-wad/931052/42 "2021-01-22T16:45:01Z")

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> [@MustangSal](#):
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> Well duly noted, I haven’t learned the finer points of links etc. my intention was to share a link to the whole thread. Contrasting the two.

Mod note:  
Please don’t hijack the thread. For the rest of you, please just ignore the attempted hijack.

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**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-trump-protestors-insurrectionists-shoot-their-wad/931052/43 "2021-01-22T16:48:36Z")

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> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#):
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> I Honestly don’t think they will have a problem pivoting to “the Nazis were the good guys. After all, they were our allies in WW 2.”

“The Nazis were fighting communism after all! If they hadn’t taken things just a little too far, they would have been our allies for sure!”

(I’m being facetious, but as I type I realize this is what a lot of Americans actually thought at the time. Probably still do.)

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