Transfer of power

[cos]

Until now, the US had a very long history of peaceful democratic transfers of power. That is very decidedly over. This violent coup attempt failing will not change the fact that this transfer of power will not have happened peacefully, even though we get the legitimately elected government at the end of it.

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[wotw]

What we're seeing now is heartbreaking and terrifying and dreadful. But that said, you don't have to go back very far in American history to see violent protests against the outcome of a legitimate election.

See:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/11/11/anti-trump-protesters-pepper-sprayed-demonstrations-erupt-across-us/93633154/

https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37946231

And many more.

Edited to add: Of course one enormous difference between then and now is the complicity of the president of the United States.