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Op-Ed: If Trump wins, a coup isn't impossible here in the U.S.
L.A. Times ^ | Jul 19, 2016 | James Kirchick

Posted on 08/10/2016 10:19:06 AM PDT by Ray76

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To: Ray76

Note to Dumbass:
the inverse is also true if Trump loses....just saying


61 posted on 08/10/2016 10:45:28 AM PDT by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: hal ogen

He’s a couple of burgers beyond a Happy Meal.


62 posted on 08/10/2016 10:46:02 AM PDT by Paladin2 (auto spelchk? BWAhaha2haaa.....I aint't likely fixin' nuttin'. Blame it on the Bossa Nova...)
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To: Ray76

If the military didn’t stage a coup to oust an illegally elected, Constitutionally ineligible commander-in-chief, what makes this leftist stooge think they would try a coup against Trump (a natural born Citizen).


63 posted on 08/10/2016 10:46:39 AM PDT by Godebert (CRUZ: Born in a foreign land to a foreign father.)
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To: bgill

“Wait, is this clown calling for a coup? Why aren’t the msm all over him like they are with Trump?”

Maybe they think a US coup would be done with strongly worded tweets and a sit-in? A really really good chant?

Certainly not the 1.2 billion rounds of 40 hollowpoint the feds bought to go with their ARs.


64 posted on 08/10/2016 10:46:49 AM PDT by DBrow
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To: Buckeye McFrog
It far, far worse than I remember from back then.

Unhinged10

65 posted on 08/10/2016 10:49:43 AM PDT by Carriage Hill ( Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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To: Ray76

No coup will ever happen if Mr. Trump wins. Those in the military and our veterans support Mr. Trump.


66 posted on 08/10/2016 10:50:19 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: Ray76

Talk about out of touch. A coup would usually be led by the military and or the police. And right now both groups are in favor of Trump. If anything there could be a coup if hillay were elected.

BTW, if hillary is elected an up rising or revolt or revolution by the people will likely take place. if the people rise up it could trigger a coup by the military.


67 posted on 08/10/2016 10:53:45 AM PDT by fightin kentuckian
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To: Ray76
If this scenario sounds implausible, consider that Trump has normalized so many once-outrageous things

I think they've mixed up the names

If this scenario sounds implausible, consider that Obama has normalized so many once-outrageous things

68 posted on 08/10/2016 10:55:18 AM PDT by Dawn53Fl
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To: bert
if there is a coup against Trump it is open season on all democrats and they can be identified by their black skin.

WTH? Advocating a race war is something I would expect from the BLM or New Black Panther crowd.


69 posted on 08/10/2016 10:57:33 AM PDT by muleskinner
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To: JoSixChip

In the Top 3 stupidests I’ve seen here as a 17 year member.

BTW, why are my posts being reviewed as a new member.


70 posted on 08/10/2016 10:57:33 AM PDT by muleskinner
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To: Ray76

A coup is always possible — and always extremely unlikely.


71 posted on 08/10/2016 11:01:10 AM PDT by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: MrEdd

Along with a majority of gun owners.


72 posted on 08/10/2016 11:02:29 AM PDT by Roger Kaputnik (Just because I'm paranoid doesn't prove that they aren't out to get me.)
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To: Ray76

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To James Kirchick:

Bob Dornan, (R-Calif) speaking before the House of Representatives on January 25, 1993 regarding Bill Clinton’s speech the previous evening:

“...No. 2, to put a medal of honor winner in the gallery that had joined the Marine Corps at 16, fudging his birth certificate, that pulled that second grenade under his stomach, miraculously surviving, and saving his four friends. He did that six days past his 17th birthday. Does Clinton think putting a medal of honor winner up there isn’t gonna recall for most of us that he avoided the draft three times and put teenagers in his place to go to Vietnam?

No. 3, the line on the Cold War, Even Andrea Mitchell of NBC took note that that’s Ronald Reagan’s prerogative, George Bush’s and all of us that wore the uniform or served in civilian capacities to crush the Evil Empire. Clinton gave aid and comfort to the enemy.

And by the way, Mr. Speaker, the 2nd amendment is not for killing little ducks and leaving Huey, Dewey, and Louie without an aunt and uncle. It’s for hunting politicians...”

(Dornan’s comments were then stricken from the record)
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73 posted on 08/10/2016 11:03:09 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Ray76

I saw a list of requirements for a successful coup. They include complete control of the media and no social media or internet capability. (Probably can check that one off.) Arrest or decapitate the opposition. (Possibly they could kill Trump.) Take control of troops and remove those of questionable loyalty from positions of control. (Well, we are missing a large number of senior officers who have been fired.) Seize and maintain control of government offices. (Debatable.)

One advantage the United States has when it comes to the subject of political stability is we are huge, diverse, and well armed. The military is relatively small. Control over a hostile populace has historically required that the controller have about 10 of the total populace as manpower. The military is nowhere close to that.


74 posted on 08/10/2016 11:05:38 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (`)
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To: TBP

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All of our coups happen on election day, and are pulled off by the ‘news’ media by controlling election reporting.
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75 posted on 08/10/2016 11:08:27 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Ray76

Trump is unfit to be President

Ipse dixit!

(because they say so)


76 posted on 08/10/2016 11:11:34 AM PDT by Mr. K (Trump will win NY state - choke on that HilLIARy)
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To: RedWulf

It wont take a coup.

The Elites will NEVER allow Trump to become President. He is everything the Gloablist elite have feared for the last 30 years. A true patriot dedicated to defending the concept of the nation state.

If in October it looks like Trump might win then a false flag crisis will be manufactured to give Obama the excuse to declare martial law, cancel the election and arrest Trump.


77 posted on 08/10/2016 11:11:41 AM PDT by WashingtonFire
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To: WashingtonFire

I agree unfortunately.. There are many scenarios, and some don’t even include the beast getting in.. Point being, Trump will be denied.


78 posted on 08/10/2016 11:15:02 AM PDT by CygnusXI
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To: Ray76

More likely if he loses....


79 posted on 08/10/2016 11:15:39 AM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: Ray76
Trump is not only patently unfit to be president, but a danger to America and the world. Voters must stop him before the military has to.

The Left gets all out of joint when Trump talks about 2nd Amendment Supporters opposing Hillary. Meanwhile, they come out with this.

80 posted on 08/10/2016 11:16:05 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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