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Coup, Putsch, or Insurrection?

A Response to Ross Douthat

John Ganz
Jan 13, 2024
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I was, of course, extremely flattered to be cited in Ross Douthat’s New York Times newsletter yesterday, entitled “Why Jan. 6 Wasn’t an Insurrection.” But unfortunately I must object to the use Douthat attempts to put my writing. Here’s what he writes:

A last aside: In reading the various historical antecedents invoked in analyses of Jan. 6, I think the …

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