# The American Coup Fallout thread

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-fallout-thread/931029
**Category:** Politics & Elections
**Created:** [January 20, 2021, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-fallout-thread/931029 "2021-01-20T22:34:14Z")
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#### Post date: [January 20, 2021, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-fallout-thread/931029/14 "2021-01-20T22:54:52Z")

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Precisely. In this thread, it’s a coup. If you wish to argue otherwise, there is a current discussion, ongoing here:

> [@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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