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In reply to the discussion: I want this question answered because it is insane how many people were involved in the coup. [View all]Escurumbele
(3,407 posts)fanatical people involved, and lets face it, republicans are only good at lying, creating hate, and propaganda, but they are not good at governing or planning, although they did have it thought out and were counting on Pence and other officials to run away from fear.
The way it was supposed to work was like this:
1. The mob would attack the Capitol chanting for Pence's head, which they did.
2. And here is where they failed:
2.1 Pence was supposed to get into a car and fly away from the Capitol, which he refused to do, if he had that would have stopped the count.
2.2 There were also buses lined up to take the officials away from the Capitol, so if Pence refused to leave, they had plan B which was to take the officials away and thus stop the count.
That is why they failed, neither Pence (who I think did not go fearing for his life) or the officials accepted to leave, not because they did not plan it.