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An unremarked aspect of this fascinating thread is that the non-appearance of antifascists on the scene Jan. 6, played a critical role in the failure of Trump's coup attempt. 1/

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1/ NEVER FORGET that hrs before #January6th, Trump initiated the designation of an imagined domestic enemy he called "Antifa" as a criminal terrorist organization & gave DHS broad powers to enforce against suspected non-citizen members & supporters. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-a

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Trump had been building the "Antifa/BLM/Violent Left" narrative all year, but he focused on Antifa particularly after he lost the election, and stepped up the vitriol. 2/

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It is now apparent that this was part of his scheme to invoke the Insurrection Act amid massive crowd violence. The Jan. 5 timing of the memorandum declaring Antifa a "terrorist organization" was not coincidental. See the resolution's language. /3 globalnews.ca/news/7557777/t

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Trump supporters eagerly prepared for their designated enemies to turn out in force, and shared “sightings” of them in the days leading up to them. This is was from a prominent QAnon supporter on Jan. 2. /4 justsecurity.org/74622/stopthes

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There was just one flaw with all these plans. Antifascists were able to see Trump’s scheme from miles away, and encouraged all their colleagues to avoid the capital city on January 6. /5

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On social media, they shared hashtags like #DontTakeTheBait and #January6TrumpTrap that spread the word. /6

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So when the mob gathered on the National Mall on January 6 and headed toward the Capitol, they encountered no resistance from any counterprotesters, much to their surprise. /7

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Oath Keepers and Proud Boys alike had been warning each other for weeks to prepare for Antifa or BLM violence. Instead, the only resistance they encountered came from Capitol Police. /8

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The first key step in Trump’s plan—for Pence to play along and decline to accept the ballots from the key battleground states—fell apart when Pence did his constitutional duty and certified the Electoral College vote in the Senate. 9/

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Then, Trump’s plans to use intended violence between his army of “Patriots” and Antifa as the pretext for invoking the Insurrection Act vanished back into the mists of their imaginations. We were very, very lucky. Credit Trump's foils for seeing through him. /10

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Trump was high on his own supply.

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They all were. Still are.

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I never got any sense that anti-fascist or anti-Trump counterprotesters were ever going to DC on 1/6.

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I live in DC. People against fascism were all warned very early to stay away on the 6th.

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in the days leading up to J6, I remember a lot of information coming out saying, stay away

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I thought it was Aunt Eva. Whew. What a relief

I always liked her.

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And still playing golf.

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There were many people on twitter and across social media urging people to not show up to counterprotest any potential malfeasance on the 6th Not only did that wrench trump's plans, but we now know the proud boys had plans for a pincer-attack formation for people who showed up.

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It may have been the oathkeepers; with so much Jan 6th news right now it's impossible to find the article I'd read that in. All I know is that disaster was averted by letting them rage around by themselves. Loss of life was a definite possibility.

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Old man series

Jimmy Pete, who told ya so

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Antifa is a fictional organization.

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Truth, if there had been counter protests it wouldn’t be as clear that this is completely the

and trumps responsibility

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It was all over tiktok to stay away too. We knew they were counting on counter protesters to use as an excuse for violence.

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Yes, and everyone should follow

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Antifa had it's early roots in WW2. So did the Fascists... that's WHY Antifa was deployed to Normandy

The media could not be played.

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Antifa predates WW2. Antifaschistische Aktion fought brownshirts in the streets leading up to Hitler's election. They were made of members of the KPD, the Communist Party of Weimar Republic Germany

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I remember tweeting out to stay away because we didn't want to engage after what we knew was coming. He didn't hide like he did with mB LM

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ludicrous. completely speculative, projecting, and in many ways counter factual. the reality is by that time, anti fascists were non-existent while the coup almost succeeded. saying their move was strategic, or that they even had other options, is totally wrong imo

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U live in Portland and think antifascists were non existent by j6 therefore I have determined irrefutably that u r allergic to observation.

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