My response to Daniel Pipes.

Submitted by Alex B (United States), Jan 18, 2021 at 19:24

Actually, Dr Pipes. Your colleague from Gatestone Institute made recently very compelling case against your 'Banana Republic' claim. The relevant quote: "In other words, the police do not see the riot as a major attempt at seizing power by force, thus challenge claims that the United States has become a "banana republic" in which armed men seize government buildings and establish themselves in power with a pronunciamento.

Link here: https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/16952/washington-riot-end-of-america

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