People had their lives ruined over Trump leading them into a trap.
I'll agree with da raptor on this. J6 was a dumb boomer moment that went just far enough to hang people out to dry, and Trump should have 1) foreseen and hedged against this and 2) taken more steps to protect his supporters afterward. Point 2 is debatable though, because pardons on the way out may have had nuclear consequences from Mitch McConnell et al.
I remember highly upvoted Q-ish posts on The Donald, probably from glowies in hindsight, urging people to prepare to take the country back by force and ignore DC gun laws so they could be armed for stuff going down. One guy actually got arrested before J6 for being fool enough to heed that advice. Trump's team should've been abreast of those rumors and planned accordingly - the tenor of his online support was not hard to feel.
I'll agree with da raptor on this. J6 was a dumb boomer moment that went just far enough to hang people out to dry, and Trump should have 1) foreseen and hedged against this and 2) taken more steps to protect his supporters afterward. Point 2 is debatable though, because pardons on the way out may have had nuclear consequences from Mitch McConnell et al.
I remember highly upvoted Q-ish posts on The Donald, probably from glowies in hindsight, urging people to prepare to take the country back by force and ignore DC gun laws so they could be armed for stuff going down. One guy actually got arrested before J6 for being fool enough to heed that advice. Trump's team should've been abreast of those rumors and planned accordingly - the tenor of his online support was not hard to feel.