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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 5 Jan 2021

      I wrote about why Trump's latest—threatening a Republican electoral official to try to get him to “find 11,780 votes" for him isn't performative. None of this is, because this isn't theater and that gun pointed at our democracy isn't a prop. It's loaded. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/01/gun-was-always-loaded/617560/ …pic.twitter.com/ep7l7h9BLW

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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 5 Jan 2021

      Incompetent and clumsy yes. "So what are we going to do here, folks? I only need 11,000 votes. Fellas, I need 11,000 votes. Give me a break" sounds like a bad line from Sopranos. But it's not performative when the President says that to an election official while threatening him.

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 5 Jan 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted The New York Times

      And if he had?https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1346618946993201154 …

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      The New York TimesVerified account @nytimes
      Breaking News: Vice President Mike Pence is said to have told President Trump he had no power to block the election certification, despite Trump’s false claims. https://nyti.ms/3okl0Bt 
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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 5 Jan 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Astead

      The new playbook.https://twitter.com/AsteadWesley/status/1346631770964439040 …

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      AsteadVerified account @AsteadWesley
      Text from Trump campaign! pic.twitter.com/O8LcU1GziY
      5:45 PM - 5 Jan 2021
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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Jan 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Benjy Sarlin

          One of the most important consequences of night could be this. Deterring future attempts to steal elections.https://twitter.com/BenjySarlin/status/1346794619712004096 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Benjy SarlinVerified account @BenjySarlin
          Whereas it seemed quite possible yesterday — even likely, to some — that the opposite would happen: R’s would win thanks to fired up base turnout among Trump supporters, thus encouraging others to pursue even more anti-democratic tactics and rhetoric.
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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Jan 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted

          This is the crucial backdrop, along with the current gerrymandering in the House of Representatives and the state legislators. The election in Georgia could be a turning point as an electoral rebuke—quite hard under these rules—is the strongest response. https://twitter.com/imillhiser/status/1346834407626334209 …

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        4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Jan 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Ed Lavandera

          The Capitol has been breached since and the "protesters" are outside the Senate Chambers. Pence had to be rushed out. Very normal events proceeding normally as the minor downside of "humoring" dreams of election-stealing for a just a little bit more.https://twitter.com/edlavaCNN/status/1346899357493317632 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Ed LavanderaVerified account @edlavaCNN
          BREAKING NEWS: Protesters attempting to storm the US Capitol incited by the President of the United States. Let that sink in. pic.twitter.com/rs6ViKi6ko
          3 replies 116 retweets 337 likes
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        5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Jan 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Olivia Beavers

          Nothing to see here.https://twitter.com/Olivia_Beavers/status/1346903163849342987 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Olivia BeaversVerified account @Olivia_Beavers
          HOLY: TEAR gas has been used in the Rotunda. Members are being told get gas masks under their seats.
          5 replies 24 retweets 146 likes
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        6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Jan 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Brent Staples

          And would anyone be calling them "protesters"?https://twitter.com/BrentNYT/status/1346904381153808390 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Brent StaplesVerified account @BrentNYT
          How many protestors would be dead and/or bleeding had this crowd been Black?
          7 replies 71 retweets 409 likes
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        7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Jan 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Olivia Beavers

          Nothing even teensy-bit abnormal.https://twitter.com/Olivia_Beavers/status/1346905694155497472 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Olivia BeaversVerified account @Olivia_Beavers
          Police have guns drawn. We are hiding behind chairs and tables on House gallery
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          2 replies 25 retweets 124 likes
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        8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Jan 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Igor Bobic

          Is there any other country where people would not name exactly what's going on in this picture after the last few months? Also note, the US is not the only country to have pathetic, farcical coup attempts—or if you want to be technical, self-coup attempts.https://twitter.com/igorbobic/status/1346906369232920576 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Igor BobicVerified account @igorbobic
          They’re in the chamber. One is up on the dais yelling “Trump won that election!” This is insane pic.twitter.com/p6CXhBDSFT
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        9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Jan 2021

          This may all seem farcical and tragic, and it is both, but if the Republicans had not lost the two Georgia Senate elections yesterday (with less than one percent and less than half a percent difference), this storming of the Capitol would be much, much worse and a different game.

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        10. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Jan 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Julia Duchesne

          You don't always need a weathermen...https://twitter.com/juliamusing/status/1346914347725905924 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Julia Duchesne @juliamusing
          Thinking about how when this @zeynep piece came out, a WaPo op-ed responded that this wasn't a coup because of "the near-total absence of violence or mobilization toward violence." https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/12/trumps-farcical-inept-and-deadly-serious-coup-attempt/617309/ …
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        11. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Jan 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted zeynep tufekci

          Yeah, apropos of nothing, my piece from about a month ago.. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/12/trumps-farcical-inept-and-deadly-serious-coup-attempt/617309/ …https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1335937588302114816 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
          There's time to be alarmed. It's such a time. The president's blatant, if incompetent, attempts to steal the election are happening in a period of entrenched of minority rule, and are met mostly with silence or approval by Republican leaders. New piece: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/12/trumps-farcical-inept-and-deadly-serious-coup-attempt/617309/ … pic.twitter.com/AW9bAJc65J
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        12. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Jan 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted T.C. Dışişleri Bakanlığı

          I guess they couldn't resist. Turkey's Foreign Ministry issues a statement: "Watching post-election developments in the United States with worry. Encourage the sides to moderation and calm. Advise our citizens to stay away from crowds and demonstration." 🙄https://twitter.com/TC_Disisleri/status/1346912432996937728 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          T.C. Dışişleri BakanlığıVerified account @TC_Disisleri
          ABD’de Meydana Gelen Olaylar Hk. http://www.mfa.gov.tr/no_-7_-abd-de-meydana-gelen-olaylar-hk.tr.mfa … pic.twitter.com/KDvNo8MM8X
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        13. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Jan 2021

          Let me pass a note that I’m seeing shared among my Middle Eastern tweets some of whom are tempted to analyze all this blow by blow. Experience.😬As it often happens, there may be people among the police who sympathize with those who stormed the Capitol—even as many do their job.

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        14. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Jan 2021

          So far: Capitol stormed, one dead, multiple explosive devices found/detonated, the very few people arrested had guns on them, the electoral college vote was not certified (staffers rushed out with the boxes). Still wondering what happens if we indulge election-stealing fantasies?

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        15. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Jan 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted CBS News

          Thirteen. Out of all that mayhem, thirteen. Should we be grateful that they didn’t let one go for good luck?https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1346985794712514562 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          CBS NewsVerified account @CBSNews
          LIVE UPDATES: At least 13 arrested at D.C. protests https://cbsn.ws/2JPINu4 
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        16. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Jan 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Bree Newsome Bass

          Having difficulty imagining anyone following any of this actually claiming being surprised by the attempt. How will it go and what will happen? Sure. Who knows? But they’re gonna try? Clear as day.https://twitter.com/BreeNewsome/status/1347013839162925057 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Bree Newsome BassVerified account @BreeNewsome
          Breh I’ve been on hiatus from social media w/ limited news intake past couple wks & I was aware Trump issued a call for his rabid supporters to mob the capital. Anyone saying they couldn’t predict this would happen is either lying or too incompetent to be in charge of security.
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        17. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 7 Jan 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Abraham Gutman

          Even after all that, 138 representatives —65% of GOP caucus—and 7 senators voted to discard PA. PA rules were voted in by the GOP but even the guy who got elected by them voted to throw out the ones for the president. They would have stolen that election if they had the numbers.https://twitter.com/abgutman/status/1347050080864509952 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          0:26
          Abraham GutmanVerified account @abgutman
          There it is. Republican Rep. Scott Perry from Pennsylvania formally asks Congress to throw away the Pennsylvania electoral vote. These are the *exact* same ballots that got Perry elected. It makes no sense and they know it. They just don’t care, sedition & violence be damned. pic.twitter.com/G3QfQys7oh
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        18. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 7 Jan 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Patrick Wyman

          There’s almost no more obvious, basic truth to how politics operates. It’s not just that a mob stormed the Capitol, it’s also that right after that, the majority of elected GOP representatives proceeded to try to throw out the election results to steal it for their guy.https://twitter.com/Patrick_Wyman/status/1346997713565466624 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Patrick WymanVerified account @Patrick_Wyman
          I can't stress this enough: From the top down, if the people responsible for today's events face no consequences for what they've done, the next time will be much worse. If a political line is crossed, either enforce its existence or accept that the line no longer exists.
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