The coup happened in 1828 when Andy "Ol' Crook" Jackson forced a change in how the president was elected because no one in their right mind wanted him in the White House.
They should have located their balls and shot his thugs but they didn't.
Instead they whimpered like puppies and rolled over thus setting the stage for economic disaster and the civil war.
57 posted on 02/28/2026 10:45:52 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear
(The tree accused of killed Sonny Bono was planted.)