Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

Enoki33

(1,587 posts)

13. The insurrection failed, but it has provided

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Sun Nov 14, 2021, 01:11 PM

Nov 2021

a road map for the next one , unless the necessary protections are put in place. tRump represents Putin, as does much of the GOP. Putin has spent decades, and hundreds of millions of dollars searching for the soft underbelly of American democracy and has found it in how we finance our elections, and in the loopholes of our legal system. We are facing a geopolitical genius, propaganda specialist, and master spy with unlimited resources. Those are some of the realities of the battlefield, and as long as he has most of the GOP in his pocket we are facing terrible odds.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

24 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

The January 6 Riot/Insurrection Failed Miserably! [View all] MineralMan Nov 2021 OP

It was the moment the Emperor discovered he had on no clothes randr Nov 2021 #1

Well, the "Emperor" has been dethroned now. MineralMan Nov 2021 #6

Lets hope they don't learn from their mistakes.... paleotn Nov 2021 #2

The insurrectionists are still unorganized. MineralMan Nov 2021 #4

Lulzd. Voltaire2 Nov 2021 #10

+1 Celerity Nov 2021 #20

I am not sure about that MM. When you have the majority of republicans believe trump is the JohnSJ Nov 2021 #3

People believe all sorts of nonsense. MineralMan Nov 2021 #5

I hope not, but I would not be so sure about that JohnSJ Nov 2021 #11

It wasn't the strength of the insurrection to be worried about, it was the fortitude of the lies bucolic_frolic Nov 2021 #7

The consequences for the rioters/insurrectionists have still not MineralMan Nov 2021 #8

The first coup attempt generally fails. Voltaire2 Nov 2021 #9

Conditions have changed. MineralMan Nov 2021 #12

You are ignoring ample evidence that TFG and his cronies aren't that smart. Kaleva Nov 2021 #16

The threat is minimized as long as conditions are not there to make it happen. LiberalFighter Nov 2021 #17

Some of these groups are infiltered by the FBI. Kaleva Nov 2021 #21

Exactly! LiberalFighter Nov 2021 #23

The insurrection failed, but it has provided Enoki33 Nov 2021 #13

"Retiring representative Gonzalez predicts new Trump coup" bullwinkle428 Nov 2021 #14

Give thanks for you and WaterMan malaise Nov 2021 #15

The short term goal failed, but the long term goal is still a major threat Martin Eden Nov 2021 #18

It was never on the cards that they would overthrow the government treestar Nov 2021 #19

A failed insurrection is just a practice run LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2021 #22

Unless there is accountability, it didn't fail. Read about the Beer Hall Putsch themaguffin Nov 2021 #24