Autocracy was always the plan.

[solarbird]

Today's twitter writing kept it short and to the point: autocracy was always the plan.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1
Keep track: Roger Stone, Steve Bannon, and Michael Flynn all participated in efforts to promote the January 6 "Stop the Steal" event that ultimately devolved into a riotous and deadly melee at the U.S. Capitol. https://abcn.ws/2LTlTCU

Stop neglecting this: the insurrection topped off a YEAR of saying any Biden win would be fraudulent, and MONTHS of lying about the result, about election integrity, and real attempts to overturn it at lower levels.

The insurrection was a culmination, not a solitary event.

The plan, THE ENTIRE TIME, was to overturn any result that didn't result in Trump keeping the presidency.

THE. ENTIRE. TIME.

This wasn't a last-minute improvisation, it wasn't people going ham, it certainly wasn't an accident.

They spent OVER A YEAR pushing the idea that only Trump could legitimately win, and then MONTHS trying to overturn the result.

When that failed, they took the Capitol by force.

Keeping power by whatever means was necessary, up to and including revolt, was ALWAYS. THE. PLAN.

Never forget that.

The #impeachment is not about "a riot."

It's about a year-and-months-long attempt to end small-d democratic elections.

And it should be treated as such. @SenatorCantwell @PattyMurray @RepDelBene @SpeakerPelosi

That it failed does not mean it didn't happen. That it failed doesn't mean it didn't matter.

Remember how Trump kept posting Trump 2024/2028/2032/2036/off into the distance memes? How he'd "joke" about four more years, "and after that, we'll negotiate?"

_That mattered._

Do not forgive.

And do not forget.

Comments

[kathmandu]

Yup. All those bogus lawsuits, all that media smear campaign, were a cover story to justify seizing power by force. If they'd succeeded, they would have destroyed the ballots and records and written their version into history.

That was the harm in 'indulging him for a few weeks'.

[dewline]

The intended harm.

[solarbird]

It's not even over. Here's the current coup plan being shown to Trump today.

[solarbird]

It's not over. Here's the current coup plan being shown to Trump today.

[armiphlage]

"The plan, THE ENTIRE TIME, was to overturn any result that didn't result in Trump keeping the presidency."

Note that Trump was making baseless accusations about fraud back in 2016 too, before he won. It was the plan back then, too.

[solarbird]

Yes. I've talked about that before. Even in this specific context, leading up to the election, and after. I just didn't hit it yet again in this particular tweetstorm.