# So...what if the Weds coup attempt 'succeeded'?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-if-the-weds-coup-attempt-succeeded/930324>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [January 12, 2021, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-if-the-weds-coup-attempt-succeeded/930324 "2021-01-12T12:51:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-if-the-weds-coup-attempt-succeeded/930324/1 "2021-01-12T12:51:00Z")

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Hypothetical…

Let’s say they broke down that last hallway and got access to the House of Representatives and put them on a quick show trial etc and let’s say they kill 100 - 90 Democrats and 10 Republicans including all the seniority Democrats like Pelosi.

Let’s also say they find the Senators and, before they get counterattacked, kill 40 of them including Mitch and Romney.

To make it more, ahem, interesting, say they found Pence in a secret secure room and kill him as well.

What would happen do you think?

I have no clue but I have a feeling it would be…bad (understatement intentional). I would really like peoples’ thoughts on what would happen.

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**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-if-the-weds-coup-attempt-succeeded/930324/2 "2021-01-12T13:29:24Z")

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Ammosexuals would post on message boards and group chat forums:  
“Proof that a good guy with a gun will stop a bad guy, whether they have a gun or not.”

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-if-the-weds-coup-attempt-succeeded/930324/3 "2021-01-12T13:58:35Z")

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There’s another thread very similar to this one, “[So what would have happened after 1/6 had the riot been successful?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-would-have-happened-after-1-6-had-the-riot-been-successful/930286)”

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**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-if-the-weds-coup-attempt-succeeded/930324/4 "2021-01-12T23:25:04Z")

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The other thread is pretty much exactly the same, so I’ll close this one.

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**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-if-the-weds-coup-attempt-succeeded/930324/5 "2021-01-12T23:25:45Z")

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