Tin Pot Trump.

The fascist coup of January 6
David North
6 hours ago

The fascist insurrection in Washington D.C.—which resulted in the storming of the US Congress, the panicked dispersal of terrified senators and members of the House, the delay of the official validation of Joseph Biden’s Electoral College majority, and even the occupation of the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi—is a turning point in the political history of the United States.
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The hoary glorifications of the invincibility and timelessness of American democracy have been totally exposed and discredited as a hollow political myth.
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Not only can a fascist coup happen here. It has happened here, on the afternoon of January 6, 2021.
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Moreover, even if the initial effort has fallen short of its goal, it will happen again.
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What occurred yesterday was the outcome of a carefully planned conspiracy. It was instigated by Donald Trump, who has been working with a gang of fascist conspirators strategically positioned within the White House and other powerful institutions, departments and agencies of the state.
Wednesday’s operation carries with it the overwhelming stench of the Trump sons, close aides like Stephen Miller, and numerous others working behind the scenes within the military, the National Guard and the police.
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The assault was prepared by weeks of lying claims by Trump and his minions that the 2020 election had been stolen.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell rendered critical service by withholding Republican recognition of Biden’s election for weeks, thus providing time and legitimacy to Trump’s efforts to discredit the election with totally fraudulent claims of ballot fraud.
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A majority of Republican congressmen and a substantial number of Republican senators orchestrated Wednesday’s political debate at which the legitimacy of the Electoral College vote was challenged, to provide the necessary pretext for the planned right-wing uprising.
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Had a left-wing protest been called in Washington to protest Trump’s efforts to overthrow the results of the election, the demonstrators—as everyone knows—would have been met with a massive show of force by the police and National Guard.
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There would have been police sharpshooters placed strategically on every building in the vicinity of the protesters. Military helicopters and drones would have been circling overhead. The slightest unauthorized movement by the crowd, however peaceful, would have been met with demands for their immediate dispersal, followed within minutes by the launching of barrages of tear gas cannisters. Hundreds, if not thousands, would have been kettled and arrested.
Former President Obama and the Clintons, who are followed by millions on Twitter, remained silent throughout the day.
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As for the president-elect, Biden waited hours before finally appearing before the public. After describing the attack on the Capitol as sedition, Biden made this extraordinary appeal to the leader of the conspiracy, “I call on President Trump to go on national television now, to fulfill his oath and defend the Constitution and demand an end to this siege.”
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Normally, when confronted with an attempt to overthrow the constitutional regime, the political leader threatened by the conspiracy must immediately seek to deprive the traitors of all access to the mass media and a nationwide audience. But Biden, instead, called on Trump to appear on national television—to call off the insurrection he himself had organized!
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The decision of the Senate, in the evening hours, to uphold Biden’s election is not the end of the crisis.
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Appeals for “unity” with the conspirators clear the path for the next effort to carry out a fascist coup d’état.
Workers must take up the demand for the immediate removal and arrest of Trump. He cannot be allowed to remain in power, utilizing the immense power of the presidency to continue his plotting. His retention of the White House represents a massive threat to the people of the United States and the world. Trump still has the power to declare a national emergency and even launch war. His finger remains on the nuclear trigger.
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Nor should his co-conspirators be left in office. The Republican senators and congressmen involved in the conspiracy must be likewise removed from the Senate and Congress, arrested, place on trial and sent to prison.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/01/07/pers-j07.html