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Bobstandard

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11. Now everything looks like coup to me

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Thu Jan 7, 2021, 05:00 PM

Jan 2021

I can see how surrounding the Capitol with troops and nonscalable walls can also be used to prevent congress from entering, or keep them from leaving. That’s what the military does in a successful coup.

The question remains, who are the troops loyal to? More specifically, who is some unknown key figure in the chain of command loyal to?

We’l see.

True, I’m paranoid. I was before the storming and I’m even more so now.

12 more days.

It’s a long time.

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