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‘Coup’ and ‘Cover-Up’: How the G.O.P. Is Reacting to the Harris Candidacy
The New York Times ^ | July 24, 2024 | Karen Yourish and Lazaro Gamio

Posted on 07/24/2024 2:00:59 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

President Kamala Harris after President Biden’s announcement that he would leave the 2024 presidential race, a vast majority of prominent Republicans have treated the development with suspicion or scorn.

A New York Times analysis of statements by Republican senators, representatives and governors found that their reactions to Ms. Harris’s presumptive candidacy and Mr. Biden’s withdrawal clustered around several themes, including the opinions that Mr. Biden must resign or that the events of the past few days amounted to election subversion or a bloodless coup. Recent polling suggests nearly 9 in 10 Americans believe Mr. Biden’s decision to step aside was the right one.

Several officials also suggested that Mr. Biden — who had been in Delaware recovering from Covid-19 but returned to the White House on Tuesday — had gone missing. A greater number made statements attacking Ms. Harris’s record, while a small handful posted positive or supportive comments. Emphasis in these quotations was added by The Times to highlight common themes in the statements.

These statements have tended to argue that Mr. Biden’s decision to end his candidacy was not his own, was not democratic or both. Many have mocked Democrats for positioning themselves as “defenders of democracy” in contrast to Republicans, following attempts by former President Donald J. Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

Some of this language began to bubble up among Republicans even before Mr. Biden announced that he would drop out. During the Republican National Convention last week, Chris LaCivita, a top adviser to Mr. Trump’s campaign, described the pressure on Mr. Biden to withdraw as an “attempted coup.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: karenyourish; lazarogamio; softcoup
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Democracy dies with Democrats.

1 posted on 07/24/2024 2:00:59 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The old switcheroo.


2 posted on 07/24/2024 2:01:59 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

By showing her for the incompetent marxist she is.


3 posted on 07/24/2024 2:02:07 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING AMERICA, AND HE WILL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

If the NYTs is denying it’s a coup, then it is confirmed that it was a coup.


4 posted on 07/24/2024 2:04:02 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (Trump/Vance 2024 or GFY)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

There was well-publicized pressure from VIPs in the Democrat Party to force Joe to drop out of the race. Pelosi seems to have led the effort. That’s a coup. The party wouldn’t support the nominee chosen by the voters and wanted someone else to be the nominee.

The Communist press will say “there was no coup”. But there was.


5 posted on 07/24/2024 2:04:17 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (It will be Michelle.)
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To: cowboyusa

May I please offer a slight correction, “the vapid airhead that she is…” thank you.


6 posted on 07/24/2024 2:05:21 PM PDT by Shady (The Force of Liberty must prevail for the sake of our Children and Grandchildren...)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Harris candidacy? Don’t they gotta wait until the CONvention? Oh, dems. Never mind. They’ll do whatever and get away with it.


7 posted on 07/24/2024 2:05:41 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Insurrection


8 posted on 07/24/2024 2:08:16 PM PDT by showme_the_Glory (No more rhyming, and I mean it.........)
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To: SpaceBar
If you think you hate it now wait till you elect it
9 posted on 07/24/2024 2:08:26 PM PDT by al baby (I know sarcasm )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

It is a fact that Biden was pushed out. That is the very definition of a Palace Coup. Biden will resign as well and it will be all about health reasons.


10 posted on 07/24/2024 2:12:22 PM PDT by frogjerk (More people have died trusting the government than not trusting the government.)
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To: Sirius Lee

As much as I despise LBJ, at least when he resigned, he did it eyeball to eyeball with the American public. I believe (I could be wrong) he was not coerced ... I think he made his own decision not to run.

Biden was forced out with threats and promises. That document on twitter was the least personal resignation ever.

I wonder how Jill is holding up. This was a huge double whammy for her. She did not want to lose her kingdom and she surely did not want it to go to Cackles.


11 posted on 07/24/2024 2:14:12 PM PDT by JohnEBoy (I voted for Trump to be my president, not my pastor.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
, following attempts by former President Donald J. Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

They will never give up the lie.

12 posted on 07/24/2024 2:19:54 PM PDT by MileHi ((Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: frogjerk

Not to disagree, but the palace coup was in 2020. Biden was forced on us and then thrown out by the same people.


13 posted on 07/24/2024 2:20:37 PM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty ( )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Gee, now why would ANYONE be suspicious about anything the democrats do?

I mean it isn’t like they spent 5+ years telling us that a walking Potato was a capable and competent person....

Or over 9 years telling us that Trump was a Russian Spy.

Why, oh why, oh why would anyone dare question the official line from the Democrat party about this???


14 posted on 07/24/2024 2:22:16 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: Shady

Just wait tell she does another media interview. The level of stupid is off the charts. They are already deleting any and all past interviews. Yet it is going to happen. They have to get her into public view and so she has to speak. Have your popcorn ready.


15 posted on 07/24/2024 2:25:05 PM PDT by foundedonpurpose (Praise Hashem, for his restoration of all things! )
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To: Empire_of_Liberty; frogjerk
We had a real coup d'etat in 2020. We just realized a soft coup the other day.

Click my screen name for a brief outline on the coup of 2020. And see my tagline.

16 posted on 07/24/2024 2:25:52 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (2 coups in less than 4 years. America is truly a first world Banana Republic.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Wait until you see what they do to Harris at the convention.


17 posted on 07/24/2024 2:44:11 PM PDT by Spok
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To: Spok

There is not a whiff of opposition. They love them some Kamala.


18 posted on 07/24/2024 2:52:40 PM PDT by Lisbon1940 (I don’t see why they would)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Yep. When I want to know what Republicans are thinking, I always consult the NYT.


19 posted on 07/24/2024 2:58:19 PM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Not a bloodless coup.

1 - they wanted to assassinate Trump. He got shot in the ear rather than the brain. Plenty of blood drawn by “Lone Gunman” wink wink who was shot dead and bled all over the roof.

2 - drive Biden out with a dose of “Covid” that looks worse than that.

3 - Annoint QueMala and grab DNC $ and delegates.

4 - Act like everything is normal.


20 posted on 07/24/2024 3:09:16 PM PDT by FlyingEagle
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