Posted on 08/20/2023 4:36:31 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Trump has been engaged in a several-years-long attempt to undermine the institutions of the US government and it shows no sign of abating
Trump’s attempted coup against the US continues. We are now in phase three.
Phase one was his refusal to concede the loss of the 2020 election and his big lie that the election was “stolen” from him, without any basis in fact.
Trump’s actions in phase one were not illegal, but they were immoral. They violated the norms that every president before Trump had dutifully followed.
Phase two was his plot to overturn the result of the 2020 election.
Phase two was hatched even before election day. On 31 October 2020, Trump’s confidant Steve Bannon told associates that Trump planned to declare that he won and claim Joe Biden’s expected victory fraudulent. Audio footage recently available shows that two days before the election, Trump’s lieutenant Roger Stone was already planning for alternative slates of electors.
Then came Trump’s efforts to strong-arm election officials in swing states to alter votes, persuade the vice-president Mike Pence to reject the certification of electors, get the justice department to find fraud in the election process, come up with slates of fake electors, persuade Republican members of Congress to reject the certification, defame and intimidate poll workers and invite supporters to Washington on the day of the certification – which led inexorably to the violent attack on the US Capitol on 6 January 2021.
Phase two was illegal. It violated both statutory laws and the US constitution. Trump is only now starting to be held accountable for these violations, in federal court in Washington and in state court in Georgia.
Phase three is his current attempt to discredit and undermine the criminal justice system that is seeking to hold him accountable for phase...
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Yeah? Well just wait till you get a load of the 5th phase! LOL
Well, no - his masters have given him the narrative and he is sticking to it.
With all sarcasm, and a wink from me, how can you say he is a dwarf. He is 4‘10.5” tall. Aren’t dwarfs under 4 feet? Just sayin’
Gwjack
How to say “I’m insane” without saying “I’m insane.”
He is giant among drarfs and in his own mind.
He is a giant among drarfs and in his own mind.
Oh noes! He might get democratically re-elected. Is that what they call a “coup” now?
If Al Gore was a Republican, he would have been charged for trying to overthrow the results of the election of 2000 by declaring himself the winner.
His Life and Ours.
Robert Reich… little man with a little mind.
Democrats have a long history and tradition of accusing their opponents of what they themselves are actually doing. Nothing new here at all.
The Guardian. Always good for the deep Leftist lies. Always good for a laugh, if they had any sense of humor.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha ...
He’s right, from his point of view.
Their Democracy= “Our” Democracy = They are in charge, you obey.
Anyone opposing that is a criminal.
It’s rumored that RR was briefly considered for a part in the upcoming “Snow White”.
Yep
Lectures from the King George crowd? Should put on their powdered whigs and march off into failed history.
Ordinary people will be able to make a pilgrimage to pay their respects with a used 12-pack of beer, and a used bag of burritos.
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