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Mister Ed

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12. My guess: they thought they'd succeed on Jan 6.

Reply to JT45242 (Reply #11)

Thu Jan 28, 2021, 11:11 AM

Jan 2021

If the attackers had succeeded in capturing or harming any Congress members, then President Trump would have been compelled to invoke the sweeping powers of the Insurrection Act. Never mind that he himself had fomented the insurrection.

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