Hilarious! By Showercap (great nickname) on Daily Kos
"I suppose we really ought to discuss that thing where the President of the United States incited a fascist mob to storm the Capitol, attempt to kidnap and execute some of the highest-ranking elected officials in the land, and overthrow the American government on his behalf. Check out that Mets trade when you get a chance, though.
"It all started innocently enough, with shiny new freshman Republican Congressthug Mary Miller introducing herself on the national scene with a hearty “Hitler was right” speech. That Miller was not promptly deposited on the very next bus back to Illinois tells you enough about the state of the GOP in 2021 that nothing that would follow should surprise you.
"Mary’s pretty lucky, actually, because her Hitler-praising never really even made it to the front page, what with the aforementioned Mets trade, and also probably the violent coup thing.
"About that. What do you even say? A mob of the shittiest losers scraped from the floors of America’s filthiest public restrooms, radicalized by the frankly silly lies of a farcically transparent con man and his cynical enablers, gathered in Washington, D.C., with murderous intentions. Many wore silly costumes, because everything Donald Trump does has to be as well as dangerous.'
I think they're overestimating their own importance.
In 1861 7 then 4 (11 of 34 total, almost a third) whole states seceded. The south sent about 20,000 organized troops to fight the battle of Bull Run at Manassas.
These guys are playing weekend warrior comparatively speaking. They should be arrested and prosecuted rather than taken seriously as soldiers.