Jacobin’s Bhaskar Sunkara on Trump’s January 6 coup: “Nothing to see here!”
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump instigated a fascist coup aimed at halting the congressional session at which Trump’s defeat in the 2020 presidential election was being certified. In response, leading members of
Jacobin magazine, which is associated with the Democratic Socialists of America, responded with a campaign to downplay the significance of what was happening.
The lead was given by
Jacobin founder and editor Bhaskar Sunkara who tweeted near 6 p.m. on Wednesday: “What’s the advantage of saying ‘this is a coup’? I just don’t understand the advantage in finding the most extreme labels for bad things.”