The Clown Coup
5 min readJan 8, 2021
The invasion of our Capitol building on January 6th, 2021, and the accompanying disruption of the work of our duly elected members of Congress, was certainly an unprecedented and frightening addition to our American history books.
And yet, when added to the list of coup attempts that have taken place around the world throughout human history, this action seems a bit out of place.