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If Trump Is Not an Insurrectionist, What Is He? (www.nytimes.com)

submitted 2 years ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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Trump sought and actively tried to subvert constitutional government and overturn the results of the presidential election. And what he could not do through the arcane rules and procedures of the Electoral College, he tried to do through the threat of brute force, carried out by an actual mob.

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[–] kbal@fedia.io 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A failed tyrant with a bad haircut?

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What hair? That's a wig...

[–] Drusas@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Expensive wigs are made of hair.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

IDK, given how he treats his lawyers, I wouldn't be surprised if his barber sold him on a "vegan" wig from plastic just to spite him.