Yes, Trump tried to stage a coup. By denying it, the right is laying the groundwork for another one.

[Zorro]

Something unprecedented occurred after the Nov. 3 election: An incumbent president refused to recognize the results and, in fact, tried to overturn them. That effort culminated in another unprecedented event on Jan. 6: The president instigated a mob attack on the U.S. Capitol in the hope of stopping the vote certification. Yet in one recent poll, 82 percent of registered Republicans expressed a favorable opinion of the dangerous demagogue responsible for these appalling attacks on our democracy.

In order to continue supporting former president Donald Trump, Republicans are forced to make excuses for what happened on Jan. 6. Attempts to minimize the horror of that day — when a violent mob brutally attacked police officers and tried to hunt down members of Congress — come in two varieties: hard and soft.

The hard variant is what you hear from the party’s far right — loony rabble-rousers such as Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.), Paul A. Gosar (Ariz.) and Andrew S. Clyde (Ga.), and, of course, Trump himself. They argue that what happened on Jan. 6 was either a “normal tourist visit” and a “lovefest” or a plot by antifa or the FBI to frame the Trumpkins. Either way, they insist on seeing the arrested terrorists as “political prisoners” and glorify Ashli Babbitt — the QAnon follower killed while attempting to break into the House Speaker’s Lobby — as a martyr.

This narrative has gained disturbingly wide acceptance on the right. A majority of Trump voters in a recent poll described the Jan. 6 attack as a defense of “freedom” and an expression of “patriotism.” Even Rep. Elise Stefanik (N.Y.), the formerly moderate, third-ranking House Republican leader, blamed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), rather than Trump, for the attack.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/04/republican-denial-capitol-insurrection-preparing-way-for-future-dangers/

[Mister Ed]

1. 1/6 was only their Beer Hall Putsch. They are not done.

There may have been many Germans who breathed a sigh of relief after the Nazi Party's attempted coup, known as the "Beer Hall Putsch", failed in November of 1923. If so, their relief was premature, as the Nazis would ultimately regroup and succeed in taking over.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_Hall_Putsch

Those of us who said, "Whew! That was a close one!" after the failure of the January 6th insurrection need to understand that our republic is still in great danger.

[Turbineguy]

2. To my mind, it's really not that complicated.

Trump isn't against democracy. He doesn't know what that is. He just likes being kowtowed to and worshipped by his rubes. That's all.

[Thomas Hurt]

4. but being a malignant narcissist he won't be satisfied with just the cultists...

he wants the money, power and worship that Putin and Kim Jong Un have.

You see that in his admiration of the Putin and Un. He wants to be our Putin. He wants his birthday parades and portraits on the sides of building.

[Turbineguy]

5. Yes

absolutely

[Irish_Dem]

3. Yes. The GOP leaders of the coup will face no consequences. And the boots on the ground get a slap

on the wrist. This only emboldens the leaders of the GOP who are at war with American democracy.

We are still at war, make no mistake.

Civilian casualties will continue to mount as GOP leaders lead their people to slaughter by weaponizing public health.
All for the purpose of political gain.