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In reply to the discussion: Poll: Was yesterday a coup attempt? [View all]brush
(53,978 posts)25. That scenario is scary. A smarter trump would've modeled wearing masks...
and social distancing in the early days of the pandemic and cruised to a second term easily.
We dodged a bullet with his dumb ass but there's Cotton on the horizon. I say Cotton because he was smart enough not to latch onto the shiny object of objecting to EC ballot counting like the ambitious upstart Hawley who thought he was on his way to a big share of magat support for 2024.
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the head of state was not threatened so I think it's not a coup, legally speaking nt
msongs
Jan 2021
#1
What you or I think is the proper definition of "coup" doesn't mean jack squat
StarfishSaver
Jan 2021
#26
I honestly don't know. Trump is obsessed with himself, so he may have been showboating.
42bambi
Jan 2021
#6
I voted yes but really need a lot more proof than what we have seen so far that Trump ordered it. nt
Quixote1818
Jan 2021
#7
It's only a coup if its from the coup d'etat region of France, otherwise its just sparkling white
NightWatcher
Jan 2021
#10