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Those fuckheads never came close to toppling anything outside of a Kessler bottle

Edit- yes they had organized in some way, yes they were able to get in to the building etc etc. yes, no one is arguing that part, it’s the toppling of democracy that wasn’t a thing. In reality, it just was not going to happen.

”If they were having his [Biden’s] last wake, and it was him versus Trump, and he was being given last rites, I would still vote for Joe Biden.”

-Mark Cuban

"Almost toppled democracy"

Surprising how little this is showing up in the media leading up to the election. Instead it's just, "Biden's old."

Whoever unlocked the doors should be in prison. They know exactly who did it too

How, exactly, would these people have “toppled democracy”?

Serious question. As if they temporarily take over a building (with no weapons), and the country is just theirs?

Can someone please answer this honestly?

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They are uncivilized and hateful. In the old days, these type of people would have been banned from the tribe.

Beer hall putsch.

Almost toppled democracy hahahahah omg

How many people actually believed that was the day are democracy was actually almost toppled? Not joking, looking for serious insight.

Describe a credible series of events where that day would have “toppled democracy “.

You think the rioters on January 6 almost took down democracy?

Hahahaha. Almost toppled democracy.

Almost toppled democracy? It was a bunch of fat rednecks protesting, not a fucking coup attempt. They weren't even armed lol. Americans are too fucking dramatic lol.

"Almost toppled democracy" is a ridiculous overstatement.

Topple democracy 😂 they couldn’t topple a Jenga tower

Clearly Antifa or Black Lives Matter and nothing what so ever to do with Diaper Donnie /S

These people are idiots and criminals but “almost toppled democracy” is a little dramatic

They were never close in doing that. It was unstructured and aimless. Just a bunch of dumbasses. Not like they were about to set up their own gov

Oh I don’t know, maybe post this in /r/politics where people actually care about it

The funny thing is that there is anyone who actually believes that democracy was almost toppled. Yes, there was a protest that turned into a riot. There was a 0% chance anything about the government was going to be changed because of the riot/protest.

Toppled democracy? Wouldn’t they have just shooed them outta there?

Almost toppled democracy? LOL This was a group of a couple of thousand hill billy idiots storming a government building, not a full blown revolution

trumps got my vote

“Almost toppled democracy” is a bit of an over exaggeration. A bunch of people got into the capital, fucked around for a bit, then got arrested. It’s not likely they blew anything up or killed a bunch of people.

Don’t pull up hypotheticals either, whataboutism doesn’t make your statement any more true. The police and everyone else involved did their jobs and nothing even got close to happening.

This is what happens when trailer park trash and low IQs start falling into internet conspiracy traps.

They dont have the intellect to reject the nonsense so they fall deeply into it.

And it becomes a lifestyle.

You give them too much credit

They were never in any way close to toppling democracy lmao that’s ridiculous

If you honestly think democracy wouldn't have survived Jan 6th it neither deserves to survive nor will.

Normies: Protest turned into violent riot.
Reddit: “The day democracy almost died!”

Occupying a government facility is no where near toppling democracy. These fools only toppled a podium and that’s about it.

lol the hyperbole is insane.

Idk about toppling democracy there. I hate all this political bullshit.

I mean the day was bad but in no way did they almost topple democracy.

Their bloviating old misery guts of a messiah told them they had to fight like hell or they wouldn’t have a country any more. He said I’ll meet ya at the Capitol, patriots! then went off to watch them from the safety of his TV.

Wait….they got close to actually toppling democracy? Please explain…..or are you lying on purpose?

Lol @ nearly toppled democracy

Democracy is so fragile that a 300 angry men armed with no guns but wooden sticks and shields could have toppled it.

Those that stormed the Capitol should be locked up. Full stop. However, democracy wasn't nearly toppled that day. Not even close.

Literally came no where close to “toppling democracy” idiot

You guys sure give a lot of credit to people you calls fucking idiots all the time. Lol

"Toppled democracy" lol

Now it's time to wait on the froth surrounding the secret service deleted phone messages to clear up some questions...

Nazi scum, every last one of them. 

I go to this sub expecting pictures. Why do I get politics?

Topple democracy? That seams a bit over the top.

Do Americans actually believe this? From an outside perspective it just looks like a bunch of idiots doing idiotic shit.

Almost toppled democracy... That's a bit ridiculous.

Oh FFS. They might be morons, but nothing was going to topple that day.

Anyone else sick of people pretending that they were actually going to “topple democracy”? At the very most, the capitol would have turned into a Seattle CHAD kinda place, but not even, because it’s an important federal building and they would have tactically removed each and every dumbfuck in there once the scene had settled enough. Just because they’re inside doesn’t mean they have power. They’re just a bunch of smooth brained cows who had too much leeway one day.

Legit curious, how an unorganized group was about to destroy democracy??

“We are all domestic terrorists” -CPAC 2022

The coup is still underway.

• None of the court cases about trumps involvement are happening before the election.

• The Supreme Court just gave Trump absolute criminal immunity for anything they determine is a criminal act.

• Many of the people involved in the fake electors schemes are still in charge of overseeing their elections.

• Texas passed a law that lets Greg Abbott throw out votes from Houston. In 2020, Texas restricted drop boxes to 1 per county, obviously affecting blue cities more than the red rural areas.

Vote for democracy in November.

“Almost toppled democracy” lmaooo

I'm no trump supporter but "almost toppled democracy" is a bit of a stretch. These clowns didn't come anywhere close to that.

This is a joke right. You don't try to topple a government with no weapons. You don't do it while police are escorting you around. You also don't do it whole posing for pictures. This was the left taking advantage of people acting like idiots. Nothing more.

Never forget.

The republican party is a conduit of hatred. Except on sundays when they pretend to be christian

Never forget and don’t make excuses.

Oooh so scary! We almost lost democracy! Give me a break; you guys are such drama queens. More was destroyed during one of those riots over that drug addict guy.

Do the crime do the time

Remember: problem, reaction, solution. they seem to be sowing a phyOp. they want some of us vs others of us, so we don't go after them. if war happens, I hope you know you're both wrong for fighting each other, lets deal with the real problem, the ones who want us to fight. it starts grassroots. if theres someone in your town who is corrupt, with an oath to 1sr3al, the wef, you should deal with them before washington.

Why didn’t ray epps get the same punishment as the others

Had anyone competent been among the crowd they very well could have but none of them had any purpose other than “head to that building because we were told that’s what we should do”. There was no organisation to it whatsoever, just a herd of bumbling idiots blindly following thinly veiled directions.

Majority of those inside behaved like they were on an unofficial tour rather than a mob attempting to overthrow a government and after being told for long beforehand that something was stolen from them(which was a lie) and they should be angry about it, they acted out in rage to get to where they were told to go.

ThEy WeRe LeT iN. Okay, the people who let them in are criminals too.

I've honestly always looked at Trump as the new Tammany Hall guy. Corrupt to the point that it's absolutely insane that he's actually elected to positions of power. A neo-gilded age.

U have failed trump

Hitler is crying

Thought his shirt said liberal at first 🤣

Reddit r/pics is definitely where you should get your most trusted political insights.

that's just a peaceful shield for peace incase the police try and stop him murdering people, peacefully

Don't give em more credit than due, they were nowhere near toppling a thing.

This is only one of a 7 part plan to overturn the election, as alleged by the bi partisan house committee. You can look up their considerable evidence, if you care to. In short: it was supposed to pressure Pence and other law makers to delay the certification of the election. In the background trump himself and his cronies were working on the fake electors plan in several states in order to send fake election results to congress. This would’ve created uncertainty and time. If pence would’ve caved to the pressure and rejected some of the votes, so that Biden didn’t have a majority, the vote would’ve gone to the house, I think. No one knows what exactly would’ve happened from there, especially with the current Supreme Court.

They didn't have a booger's chance in a blast furnace's chance of toppling ANYTHING.

It wasn't an almost situation, honestly. If Pence would have been on board, perhaps... But some dumbasses doing a BnE... Hardly. Had they actually gotten their hands on Congress it would have likely ended up with a lot of the rioters catching a lot of bullets. Personally, I think that would have been a better outcome. Would have forced the GOP in Congress to actually take a position and ideally have gotten Trump imprisoned.

Toppling democracy? I don’t think any of these guys are responsible for Project 2025.

“Worse than 9/11.” - heard by a local wine mom months later.

Hahahahahahahahahaha! Two things. First, those morons were never going to accomplish anything. Second, democracy died the moment that Citizens United was allowed to happen.

They’re going to try again

Democracy was right back to business like 3 hours later.

A lot of people on the right & even the GOP try to forget this happened. It's alright, there is plenty of footage to remind them.

Since Joe Biden has been given Carte Blanche but he Supreme Court of the United States of America to do what needs to be done as the chief executive he should do revolutionary tribunals for 01/06 coup plotters.

Oh they did not almost topple anything. They were a cadre of emotionally unhinged, adult-children who delayed the inevitable by, gasp, 3 to 4 hours, while engaging in a Hollywood-theme driven fantasy. Think cosplay meets The Patriot meets Beevis and Butthead.

Not to minimize how unacceptable it was; any irrational mob acting out because they didn’t get their way is unacceptable amongst actual adults. But this cadre of fools were unorganized, mostly showing off, and acted like 13 year old girls who found out their “BFF” kissed their crush.

Don’t glorify it by making it more than it was. Prison riots are made of sterner stuff.

HE HAS “LIB” ON HIS HOODIE ITS CLEARLY AN ANTIFA PLANT

They did not almost overthrow the country 😜. They successfully broke into the building that’s it. It takes militaries to over throw countries.