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I Wasn’t Expecting a Coup
But it appears that Trump & his crew are plotting just that
Based on a series of events over the last few days, I can’t help but think that a coup has been set in motion by the current president and his cronies. I certainly didn't have that possibility on my 2020 Election bingo card.
I expected the toddler in chief to refuse to concede. I expected the GOP to continue its standard operating procedure of falling in line with their leader and refusing to congratulate Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on their White House win. I expected the administration to use its last 70-some days to tear apart whatever they could about fairness and democracy.
But I confess, I didn’t expect a full-out coup attempt.
Just connect the dots from the last few days, and it’s clear that #45 and his administration aren’t just being petulant toddlers by not conceding. A series of actions have specifically been taken that can reasonably be interpreted as setting a coup in motion to prevent Biden and Harris from becoming president and vice-president — one that the president’s pitchfork-and-torch-carrying supporters are sure to get behind. Here are the facts to date:
- DT fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper, which led to a top Pentagon official to resign in protest. Now we have an acting…