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A Coup Attempt, Not a Constitutional Crisis
PJ Media's Spengler ^ | May 18, 2017 | David P. Goldman

Posted on 05/19/2017 11:00:32 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

A ranking Republican statesman this week told an off-the-record gathering that a “coup” attempt was in progress against President Donald Trump, with collusion between the largely Democratic media and Trump’s numerous enemies in the Republican Party. The object of the coup, the Republican leader added, was not impeachment, but the recruitment of a critical mass of Republican senators and congressmen to the claim that Trump was “unfit” for office and to force his resignation.

It’s helpful to fan away the psychedelic fumes of allegation and innuendo and clarify just what Trump might have done wrong. Trump will not be impeached, and he will not be harried out of office. But he faces a formidable combination of media hostility—what the president today denounced as a “witch hunt”—and a divided White House staff prone to press leaks. The likely outcome will be a prolonged dirty war of words that will delay Trump’s domestic agenda and tie down his loyalists with the chores of fire-fighting.....

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: coup; trump
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1 posted on 05/19/2017 11:00:32 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The only way to fight a coup is with a counter coup.


2 posted on 05/19/2017 11:02:39 PM PDT by JohnyBoy
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Trump is the only person in government who is fit to serve.

The rest of them can go to f***ing Hell.


3 posted on 05/19/2017 11:03:33 PM PDT by chris37 (Donald J. Trump, Tom Brady, The Patriots... American Destiny!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Are we having fun yet?

Greatest. Election. Ever.

Greatest. Revolution. Recently.

4 posted on 05/19/2017 11:08:24 PM PDT by sargon ("If we were in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, the Left would protest for zombies' rights.")
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To: chris37

“Trump is the only person in government who is fit to serve.”

You may be close to the truth, and that should be very frightening.


5 posted on 05/19/2017 11:21:15 PM PDT by map
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
The Swamp has decided to make all our WINNING—and their will be lots of it—as difficult as humanly possible for the President, and—by proxy—for the People he has inspired.

So be it. Nobody said this would be easy, my brothers!

We're up to the task—so is our President. The Democrats and GOPe—hereafter and forever more to be known as the Swamp—not so much.

In fact, one of the most infuriating aspects of all of this is the total lack of loyalty being shown by the Congressional GOP leadership.

Why isn't the Congressional GOP vigorously defending their party's President against this blatant coup by the Swamp?

Many GOP rats are every bit as dirty as the Democrats. Indeed, they're worse, because they're supposed to be showing some party loyalty. Some balls.

These fools in Congress proclaim their own ignorance. Instead of leveraging the power of their party in the national government, and capitalizing on Americans' support of the Trump agenda—thereby enhancing their own and the party's political power—they instead gratuitously undermine their own President, and in doing so, ultimately endanger their own political futures.

It's hard to imagine the GOP leadership—especially in the People's House—being more idiotic.

They're a bunch of cowards who are unworthy of their position in government, and will one day be swept away into irrelevance...

6 posted on 05/19/2017 11:27:08 PM PDT by sargon ("If we were in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, the Left would protest for zombies' rights.")
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To: JohnyBoy

We’re the biggest armed force the world has ever known.


7 posted on 05/19/2017 11:39:27 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Who?


8 posted on 05/19/2017 11:40:02 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Drain the Swamp is not party specific. Lyn' Ted is still a liar, Good riddance to him.)
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To: Reno89519

Smells like Lindsey Graham.


9 posted on 05/19/2017 11:41:51 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Trump should “go to the mattresses,” by supporting only those Republican candidates who support his agenda in the 2018 elections. If that means primarying incumbents, then so be it.


10 posted on 05/20/2017 12:02:46 AM PDT by be-baw (still seeking)
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To: KTM rider

a coup would be the overthrow of a government, this is the government wanting to kill a president elected by the people who isnt one of them


12 posted on 05/20/2017 1:28:03 AM PDT by KTM rider
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>a coup would be the overthrow of a government, this is the government wanting to kill a president elected by the people who isnt one of them

A coup is any group unlawful overthrowing a government. This is the deep sate trying to coup the President of the United States.


13 posted on 05/20/2017 1:29:11 AM PDT by JohnyBoy
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
This may be an uncomfortable question for you personally, 2ndDivisionVet - but are you now content with President Trump?

I'll not hold it against you if you don't answer.

14 posted on 05/20/2017 1:43:59 AM PDT by kiryandil (Americ)
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To: sargon

We really shouldn’t be surprised. The DC politicsters have all the power over us, they will not give it up easily.


15 posted on 05/20/2017 1:45:10 AM PDT by exnavy (God save the republic.)
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To: map; chris37; 2ndDivisionVet
“Trump is the only person in government who is fit to serve.”

Jesus H Roosevelt Christ

16 posted on 05/20/2017 1:46:42 AM PDT by kiryandil (Americ)
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To: chris37

>Trump is the only person in government who is fit to serve.

Sounds about right. Certainly the only person putting American’s interests first.


17 posted on 05/20/2017 1:48:57 AM PDT by JohnyBoy
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To: JohnyBoy
Super Bowl L1 !
18 posted on 05/20/2017 3:01:57 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The left began planning this coup the day after the election. Now, with the help of the insurgents on the Republican side, it looks like they might succeed. How will the America population deal with this “first” in it’s history. Will Pence be the President or is this such a Revolutionary move that they will install Hillary Clinton in Trump’s place. Are we headed into Civil War? This whole thing is a product of the media who learned well the techniques of Saul Alinsky at the knee of Barack Obama. You don’t have to murder your opponent..You just kill his life and ruin him through false charges and widely dispersed lies. No one will stop you if they fear they will be next.


19 posted on 05/20/2017 3:53:24 AM PDT by jazzlite
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He could really start by firing the entire wh staff and starting over again

Position by position
Streamlined considerably
No hillary supporters whatsoever
None have proved capable of loyalty to country
They in fact confuse hillary with country

And send the kushners home
get them out of politics and out of the news


20 posted on 05/20/2017 3:56:07 AM PDT by silverleaf (We voted for change, not leftover change)
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