Trump’s legal team also tried to throw cold water on the idea in a filing earlier this week, writing that the “events of January 6 were not an ‘insurrection’ as they did not involve an organized attempt to overthrow or resist the U.S. government.”

Trump disagrees, apparently.

“They kept saying about what I said right after the insurrection,” he said outside Mar-a-Lago after arguments concluded in Washington, D.C. “I think it was an insurrection caused by Nancy Pelosi.

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    310 months ago

    At least for most people who answer like that and still support Trump it’s probably cause they know that if the institutions fail and they manage to seize power it’ll be good for them because the people they like are doing it. They don’t want a dictatorship but don’t really care that much as long as it’s a dictator they agree with.