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Mark Tavern

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6 Jan, 14 tweets, 2 min read

This is an attempted coup.

Those who stormed the Capitol are not “protestors”; they are terrorists.

They were incited to this violence by President Trump in an attempt to overthrow our Democracy by overturning the results of our election.

As soon as it is safe for Congress to do so, they must reconvene to certify the Electoral College vote, #ImpeachAgain and immediately remove President Trump from office.

The Capitol is a crime scene. Those responsible must be found and arrested.

And the police who allowed this to happen must be tried for dereliction of duty.

There is no other choice: whether terrorist or sympathizer, all must be held accountable for their actions.

It is clear that the police allowed this to happen. There is video of them opening the gates.

Why? The terrorists are white.

Those cops didn’t take the threat seriously. They put our entire government, our democracy at risk.

Yet the threat has always existed; it has never been eradicated. It is actually—sadly—our country’s original sin.

So it’s no surprise this happened. President Trump made it happen. He wants it to happen.

In fact he continues to do so.

Anyone who continues to side with the President is complicit in this attempted coup; that he will not step down is proof that he should be removed from power immediately.

And any elected officials who are complicit must also be removed from office.

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