Did they really think they'd get away with it?

[LanternWaste]

59. This was, I almost think, merely step one.

Much as the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch in Germany, the initial attempt was a dismal failure resulting in Hitler going to jail. But it was a demonstrable and dramatic catalyst for the larger movement in the decade to come.

This is my larger concern, that trump and his base use the failed DC Putsch as a springboard to other shenanigans and that it was merely one of many. It's certainly not a looming, or even large concern of mine, but it is there.

I mean, the entire tea-party/magat wing of the GOP could come crashing down in the wake of what I'm guessing will be a series of hearings and trials over the next year as to who played parts... and my guess is the magats aren't nearly as disciplined or politically savvy as the nazis were in their formative days.