Like many of you, I have been thinking about all the players possibly involved in the events of Wednesday and what the actual plan was. Capitol Police, DoD, the Trump Administration, Congressional Rs. Then I had a thought: What if an honest-to-god real coup was planned, but Trump’s hordes of hillbillies actually *ruined* it with unexpected success?
Imagine that after the election, Trump forces planned to whip up internet fervor and get thousands to DC as cover. Make a speech outside the White House that revs everyone up and moves them to the Capitol grounds. But those hordes of untrained incels and hillbillies are not the coup forces. The Trump shadow gov’t has professionals on the ground (like Blackwater guys) along with allies in the Capitol Police (CP) and in Congress causing delays. The plan is for the untrained masses to cause chaos and distraction outside the building while the CP and mercenaries get to work (flexi-cuffs guy?).
Except… they get overzealous and bust through barriers and manage to make it up the steps. They break the doors and windows and start ransacking the Capitol building. They’re livestreaming every corner of the building, stupidly. That may have been a genuine surprise to The Coup exactly as much as it was to the rest of us.
My only hope is that all of this manages to come to light without being successfully suppressed.
ETA:
This is one of many sources confirming that figures amongst the rabble had “impossible” knowledge of the floor plans and disaster scenario routes.