Associate researcher at Iris, Jean-Yves Camus heads the Observatory of Political Radicalities of the Jean-Jaurès Foundation.
LE FIGARO.- Pro-Trump protesters invaded the capitol on January 6, in a riot that left four people dead.
How to qualify what happened?
Should we speak of an aborted coup attempt?
JEAN-YVES CAMUS.- No, because for there to be a putsch, part of the armed forces would have had to follow, which was not the case.
It is an attempt at sedition, a word that has been used by Republican officials themselves.
I have to say I am shocked by Trump's reaction.
He was defeated with honors, with about half of America behind him and more votes than in 2016. In the Senate, there are as many elected Republican as Democrats.
He could have done like all the defeated candidates in an election, admit his defeat, put forward his record, his economic successes, his diplomatic advances, his resistance to China, and
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