# 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: ![MustangSal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mustangsal/32/6327_2.png) [@MustangSal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MustangSal)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2021, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-trump-protestors-insurrectionists-shoot-their-wad/931052/31 "2021-01-22T02:09:51Z")

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> [@It wasn’t a coup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-wasn-t-a-coup/930407):
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> It just was not. I am very Liberal. I am pissed off at what happened, as everyone in the nation should also be, regardless of party. But this was not an attempt at a takeover of government. It just was not. Hang the current GOP for their role in what happened, which was bad enough. But the coup nonsense embarrasses us and detracts from real crimes and real threats.

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