GO TRUMPER! GO TRUMPER! GO TRUMPER!

Perhaps there are some non-violent ways to calm down the protesters, such as:

Trump concedes that he lost the election.

If that isn't enough, then he can then resign, in an attempt to end once and for all the notion that he will remain president.

Would calling this sedition be too strong or too mild?

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Would calling this sedition be too strong or too mild?

Good question. Like many here who approach the 'suspension line', it certainly is close. He would never be convicted of such, if the 'beyond a reasonable doubt' standard had to be met.

Conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch.

I'd vote, yes, his actions and words were sedition, but I would not convict him if I was a jury member. I just can't wait until he is no longer in power. I may be beginning to suffer from TDS!

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Good question. Like many here who approach the 'suspension line', it certainly is close. He would never be convicted of such, if the 'beyond a reasonable doubt' standard had to be met.

Conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch.

I'd vote, yes, his actions and words were sedition, but I would not convict him if I was a jury member. I just can't wait until he is no longer in power. I may be beginning to suffer from TDS!

He didn't say anything seditious. At no point did he encourage violence.

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He didn't say anything seditious. At no point did he encourage violence.

I put the first definition of sedition. It specifically does NOT mention violence.

And others would disagree with you. (not me) Some are saying his words did encourage violence.



Conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch.

If you do not consider what happened today as 'rebelling against the authority of a state' then I will not be able to convince you.
If you do not think that Trump encouraged the above, then I will not be able to convince you.

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He didn't say anything seditious. At no point did he encourage violence.

He sent an angry mob to the capital
He disgusts me

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I put the first definition of sedition. It specifically does NOT mention violence.

And others would disagree with you. (not me) Some are saying his words did encourage violence.



Conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch.

If you do not consider what happened today as 'rebelling against the authority of a state' then I will not be able to convince you.
If you do not think that Trump encouraged the above, then I will not be able to convince you.

He didn't incite anyone to rebel. He literally spent the better part of the time talking about how he intends to, "Primary," the Republicans in the House and Senate that don't do what he wants them to. Appropriate? Probably not. Presidential? Definitely not. A crime of any kind? No way in hell.

It's a pretty big jump from talking about primary-ing people to that somehow being interpreted as, "Attack the Capitol Building immediately."

If anyone says that his speech encouraged violence, then they either have no language comprehension whatsoever or did not watch it. Honestly, it was about 1/5th as inflammatory as I was expecting. Then again, I was kind of expecting (maybe hoping) that he'd just flat out snap at some point.

Trump invoked the Constitution throughout. I'm not someone inclined to defend Trump, just read my posts. Hell, you once repudiated me for misquoting him and encouraged me to watch the full content of one of his speeches---which I did.

Anyway, he didn't rebel against anything other than the Republicans who do not intend to vote his way...as if it would even mathematically matter if they did. He'd need Democrats on board. He knows it. It's over. This was just a publicity stunt.

Does it really surprise anyone that he couldn't find it within himself to have a united front with the Republican Party? I'd hope to hell not. He's spent the last four years being the most divisive piece of $*** to ever (dis)grace the Oval Office. Do you people really expect him to change lines in defeat?

But sedition, it was not.

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He sent an angry mob to the capital
He disgusts me

He literally told them to peacefully protest.

My question now is, how along until the first serious assassination attempt on Biden?

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LOL! Just because you are paranoid doesn't mean everyone ISN"T out to get you!

The first protester who breached a security checkpoint should have been shot dead. Same for the second one. Etc....

I still am not worried, except for possible violence towards any official. I have been saying for quite some while.... Biden will be President on January 20.... we just have to get through this stupidity.

Teaches us a lesson for electing a man like Trump. But it won't interfere in my Saturday Bill's game viewing. If it does, then I will have TDS.

I believe Biden will take the oath of office on January 20. I also believe ammo will remain in short supply for at least two more years. Don't know when I will go back to the range.