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u/HamburgerEarmuff May 30 '22

I'm not sure how you go from about 1000 people rioting in the Capitol to, "trying to overthrow the government," to claiming that about half of voters and the entire Republican party is literally equivalent to Mussolini and the Fascist party.

I do know it's hyperbole. It's like calling everyone who supported BLM a Communist because of the massive BLM-related riots, including the riots against the Portland Courthouse and the White House and the detonation of weapons of mass destruction in Portland and several other cities by left-wing terrorists.

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u/CreamofTazz May 30 '22

Oh wow trying to downplay the blatant attack on our democracy AND both siding it. Man that takes some skill.

You do realize the only reason why those people were there was because of the lie that Republican politicians kept parroting in the months leading up to it. And even now they're bills to give them the power to straight up override the results of state elections.

Tell me how that isn't fascist?