Quote Originally Posted by xerxe View Post
Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't the rioters intending to prevent the formalization of Joe Biden's election victory? Couldn't the prevention of the enforcement of an election result credibly be called an attempted coup d'état, even if it came from a disorganized and ineffectual mob?
If a protest and whatever they were doing in the Capitol counts as “acting to prevent.” If Joe Bob down the street says he’ll fight the election results, is that an attempted coup? What is he going to do? What were these protesters going to do? Calling it an “attempted coup” just makes it sound more dramatic than it was, and makes whoever is calling it that seem hysterical.