• em2@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I guess he wants us to get it right and say it was a failed coup.

    Insurrection: The act or an instance of revolting especially violently against civil or political authority or against an established government.

    Coup: A sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group.

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      It was a violent revolt against political authority. Specifically, congress.

      It was an coup attempt via insurrection.