{"id":4686,"date":"2021-01-09T18:44:55","date_gmt":"2021-01-09T18:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/gambia\/?p=4686"},"modified":"2021-01-09T23:32:38","modified_gmt":"2021-01-09T23:32:38","slug":"trump-inspired-mob-at-u-s-capitol-follows-a-familiar-path-of-election-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/homepage-english\/trump-inspired-mob-at-u-s-capitol-follows-a-familiar-path-of-election-violence","title":{"rendered":"Trump-inspired mob at U.S. Capitol follows a familiar path of election violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The siege of the U.S. Capitol by Donald Trump\u2019s supporters follows identifiable paths and patterns of election\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/article\/702127\">violence seen around the world<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Election violence is rarely spontaneous. It is intentionally organized in order to influence the process and outcome of elections. It is not a coup, but it is a close cousin. Coups are about change in power, often with a military backing.<\/p>\n<p>Election violence begins in three clear stages, all of which have unfolded during the recent events in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>First, the perpetrators convince their followers that their political grievances cannot be resolved through\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full\/10.1177\/0022343319889657\">institutional channels of democracy<\/a>. This explains why Trump has relentlessly insisted the presidential\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/facebook-removes-trump-video-capitol-siege-2021-1\">election was a fraud<\/a>. Individuals may lash out spontaneously, but\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/43821581?casa_token=O27Y4X6VGyQAAAAA%3AkGxk-8Q_eQ9LLYh-RFqzOX1Jn0ixWH4C7RzZPfwwXEzotmRuuoAMf6Fs-r1LvKaktCPA44lM8iv7FnWefsd91QUD4Fhe2bNczOqJ8NRIS4Y9PqIOrA&amp;seq=1\">legitimizing violent acts<\/a>\u00a0is a strategy usually groomed over time until it\u2019s whipped into a frenzy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The siege of the U.S. Capitol by Donald Trump\u2019s supporters follows identifiable paths and patterns of election\u00a0violence seen around the world. Election violence is rarely spontaneous. It is intentionally organized in order to influence the process and outcome of elections. It is not a coup, but it is a close cousin. Coups are about change [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":86,"featured_media":4687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage-english"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trump-inspired mob at U.S. Capitol follows a familiar path of election violence - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/homepage-english\/trump-inspired-mob-at-u-s-capitol-follows-a-familiar-path-of-election-violence\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump-inspired mob at U.S. Capitol follows a familiar path of election violence\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The siege of the U.S. Capitol by Donald Trump\u2019s supporters follows identifiable paths and patterns of election\u00a0violence seen around the world. 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