Yes or No: January 6th was an insurrection

No, it wasn’t an insurrection. It was a disorganized group of people who trespassed the Capital Building.

I wonder what the people who claim the Jan 6th riot was an insurrection would call the months of violent rioting and looting committed by BLM and Antifa during the summer and fall of 2020? Was that a rebellion??

Let’s go Brandon indeed 😂

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/national/capitol-riots/capitol-rioter-brandon-fellows-admits-to-two-new-felonies-while-representing-himself-in-bond-hearing-judge-trevor-mcfadden/65-a40af9c2-9809-4adb-aaec-7e36ad12b308

Brandon Fellows a Trump loving 🤡

Kobbs Hessler wrote:

If it was, it was a very bad one. The "insurrectionists" all showed up unarmed. By the way, Washington, DC was named after an insurrectionist.

Forget you weakling soy boy.

Those men were Patriots, ready to fight for Trump. What did you do? Sit in your mommas basement with the leftists stole the election.

Egads wrote:

Bad Wigins wrote:

What kind of "insurrection" would take over a government building and then just leave? Didn't they want to be the new government?

They erected gallows. Some of them had zip ties. They were chanting to hang Pence. They attacked the police with what they had. Kind of hard to bring firearms there. Just because they were stupid and didn't get the job done or even think it through doesn't mean it wasn't an insurrection. Many of them bragged online for weeks how prepared they were and that we "would see". You are an idiot.

It wasn't an insurrection, and your insults fail to conceal your pathos.

Bad Wigins wrote:

Egads wrote:

They erected gallows. Some of them had zip ties. They were chanting to hang Pence. They attacked the police with what they had. Kind of hard to bring firearms there. Just because they were stupid and didn't get the job done or even think it through doesn't mean it wasn't an insurrection. Many of them bragged online for weeks how prepared they were and that we "would see". You are an idiot.

It wasn't an insurrection, and your insults fail to conceal your pathos.

The wrongest man in history has spoken and the question is answered.

January 6th is officially, according to letsrun rules, an insurrection.

Thanks Wiggo, you're a useful asset to any discussion.

Do you know how stupid you sound? 5 whole guys with guns. That’s a real coup. If 5 guys with guns (only one of which is a long gun) are a threat to this nation, then we are in big trouble. Not to mention, those 5 guys will be going to federal prison for quite some time (fire arms charges in DC are no joke). The dems are acting like this was a military force trying to take over the nations capital. It was a bunch of morons, not some legitimate, well organized threat.

leonm wrote:

gabby jones wrote:

It was not violent. They carried flags not assault rifles. It was a protest. You clowns are idiots to suggest otherwise.

It was violent.

138 police officers (73 Capitol Police and 65 Metropolitan Police) were injured, of whom 15 were hospitalized, some with severe injuries.

This is a lie,

Kobbs Hessler wrote:

If it was, it was a very bad one. The "insurrectionists" all showed up unarmed. By the way, Washington, DC was named after an insurrectionist.

Incorrect . Cops found many guns among the insurrectionists. And sure, the French resistance was also a bunch of insurrectionists. Don’t be a nihilist.

Lol...Nonsense....Unarmed insurrectionists?

Bunch of laughing, gleeful yahoos.

agip wrote:

Kobbs Hessler wrote:

If it was, it was a very bad one. The "insurrectionists" all showed up unarmed. By the way, Washington, DC was named after an insurrectionist.

Incorrect . Cops found many guns among the insurrectionists. And sure, the French resistance was also a bunch of insurrectionists. Don’t be a nihilist.

https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2021/09/trump-extremists-guns-january-6-insurrection-congress-domestic-terrorism/

Mother Jones is a left wing rag....Everyone admits this...

runnerboy70 wrote:

agip wrote:

Incorrect . Cops found many guns among the insurrectionists. And sure, the French resistance was also a bunch of insurrectionists. Don’t be a nihilist.

https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2021/09/trump-extremists-guns-january-6-insurrection-congress-domestic-terrorism/

Mother Jones is a left wing rag....Everyone admits this...

facts don't care about your feelings.

Court documents show that some of the more than 430 people charged with crimes related to the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol brought guns onto Capitol grounds or stashed them away while staying in Washington.

Many defendants used other weapons such as clubs, pepper spray, bear spray and flagpoles.

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Flagpole wrote:

Yes. Of course it was. They stormed the Capitol in hopes of stopping the certification of the rightfully elected President. Just because they were a bunch of morons who didn't pull it off doesn't mean it wasn't an insurrection.

No, this is ridiculous. The morons who stormed the capital were like a dog chasing a car. They would have no idea what to if they caught the car. People like you like to pretend our Republic was greatly threatened. What do you think was going to happen. The Pentagon was all of sudden going to say, "Well I know these are a bunch of Q'anon rubes, but they do have Pelosi's gavel, so I guess we better do what they say."

It was an act of stupidity and it could be argued that it was a terrorist attack. But there was no plan for an actual insurrection. Delaying the certification of the president in Congress, which has no impact on when Biden's term started, does not amount to an insurrection.

Yes. Poorly executed and failed, but by definition for several hundred of the participants, as well as some leaders.

More of a dress rehearsal, from election denial (the big lie) through January 6 there was a concerted effort to overturn the election. And it did turn violent.

Just because the violence is on your side doesn't mean you should poo-poo it as a bunch of hapless yahoos.

Jan 6 was part of a widespread plot to overturn democracy. So yes, it was an insurrection, and seditious.

1. The outgoing president was calling the states, trying to get them to de-certify

2. The right wing think tanks had developed a point by point plan to get the election thrown out.

3. The outgoing president was pushing his employees at the department of justice to overturn the election

4. The outgoing president prganized a rally and his goons called for trial by combat.

5. The 'yahoos' showed up with guns, zip ties, a gallows, clubs, tactical gear, tear gas and other weapons precisely to do what trump asked: stop the count of electoral votes.

Lots of ultra-violence ensued. You've seen the videos of combat in and around the capitol building.

That is the very definition of insurrection. A planned attack on the normal functioning of government. The first non-peaceful transfer of power in US history.

The insurrectionists were troops sent by trump to overturn the government. Guilty as seditious insurrectionists.

5 total guns found......This is laughable.....

Oh, some protesters were carrying pocket knives, I'm sure the liberals consider that a dangerous weapon.

Hysterical liberals act like Women...

On the left, there is a long tradition of direct action. That is when a protest alone will not bring about change and it is necessary to break the law in order to advance your political agenda. Rosa Parks took part in direct action when she refused to move to the back of the bus. Same for the lunch counter strikes, draft card burning during Vietnam, Father Berrigan vandalizing nuclear warhead nosecones at a GE facility, and so on. The key part of direct action is that you are willing to go to jail and make a political statement.

The people behind Jan 6 were not taking part in direct action. They did not intend to commit a crime in order to make a political statement. They believed that they were justified in taking over the seat of government on the grounds that the election had been corrupted and had to be overturned by force. We know this because when they realized that Trump was not going to back them, they scrambled back to their hotels as fast as the could to avoid getting arrested. It was clearly attempt to overthrow the US government by taking control of congress to stop it from ratifying the results of the election.

It was not a protest or direct action. It failed because Trump never wanted to overturn the election. He just wanted to be able to say that people were so mad that the election was stolen that they stormed congress because they loved Trump so much. At the critical moment, Trump was too scared to actually stand with his supporters because he has only been in politics to stroke his ego and not to actually stand for anything that would require him to take a risk.

dude there was a viking in the crowd obviously they were gonna rape and pillage

It was a mostly peaceful protest , AKA Riot, in the seat of power.

Tell us you sat on the sidelines and done nothing to stop the steal without telling us you sat on the sidelines and done nothing to stop the steal.

Those men were patriots, you’re a surrender monkey.