Only in America: An Attempted Coup is Accepted as Normal
Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Another “first” for America. Although there have been numerous attempted coups in the modern era, on January 6, 2021, I experienced another first-time event in my 79 years. A sitting president planned, organized, and executed an attempt to overthrow the government of the United States of America. Don’t think about trying to tell me that this violent insurrection was anything other than what it was if you did not watch all three hours of the darkest day in American history. Have no illusions: this was a bloody, hate-filled attack on our nation’s democratic government, and in its place, a plan to establish a fascist regime with Trump as its Fuhrer. It was nothing more or less. Trump was in complete control of the bloody event from the moment he stood on a makeshift stage and ordered his Nazi army to halt the certification of the Electoral College vote, to the phone call he made to the leaders of the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers to stand down more than three hou...