Was it an "attempted coup" ?? [View all]

[kentuck]

How will history look at this?

Some are saying, "Yes, but it was a 'soft coup'". However, there is little doubt but that Herr Trump would have used the military if he could have.

It does appear that the plan was in place from day One of the Trump reign. Not only did he put General Flynn in charge of the National Security apparatus, he also attempted to install military Generals into every position possible, Homeland Security, Defense, or wherever possible. He wanted a close relationship with the military, it did appear. (As of today, we do note that Vladimir Putin was the last world leader to congratulate Joe Biden on winning the Presidency)

Many people still question whether or not the election of 2016 was legitimate? We know that Russia inteferred in our election, but we do not know the exact degree?

It is important that we understand the reality of this moment.

Their first step was to initiate a long-term propaganda campaign against the institutions of our democracy. The press and the media were the first target. The American people were told that they were "fake". They could not be believed. They were the "enemy of the people".

The Trump regime sought immediately to tear down the "administrative state". Either by dismissal or just attrition, they sought to wreck institutions like our State Department and our Justice Department. They wanted Homeland Security Department to be a personal military unit for the Presidency.

Through their masterful propaganda plan, with the worldwide pandemic, with the economy on the edge of collapse, with the nation woefully divided, they saw an opportunity that they could not pass up. They went all-in, in a political campaign to try and win the election "legitimately". But it did not work to plan. The American people, many with mail-in ballots, voted as they had never voted before. And we see now that they needed every vote.

Was it an attempted coup? Consider this.

Elected officials, mostly state and local, were requested to assist in the attempted overthrow of the newly-elected Biden Presidency. Some of their lives were threatened. They went to the state legislatures, looking for some sort of relief? Finally they went to the Courts. At last report, there were approximately 60 cases before the courts. It was a deadly blow when the Supreme Court unanimously shot them down.

Trump mounted an aggressive propaganda campaign of his own, and adopted by the leaders within the National Republican Party. Almost to a member, they were all complicit.

Trump accused the Democrats and state officials, including Republican Governors and Republican Secretarys of State, of cheating on a massive scale. But, they could never show the evidence required by a court of law.

They challenged Biden's victory immediately. The regime was able to unite his base and most of the Republican Party behind him, as he mounted an attempt to overthrow the duly elected government. (He even tweeted "OVERTHROW" in one of his tweets)

Elected Republican leaders, such as Mitch McConnell, said we should wait until December when the Electoral College would vote. Well, they have voted. Ironically, Joe Biden won by the same number of votes that Herr Trump had called a "landslide" back in 2016, although Trump never won the popular vote.

There are some elected Representatives, and perhaps a Senator or two, ready to disrupt the final declaration of the election results, in Congress on January 6th. They are expected to attempt their final stab at our democracy. They are not expected to succeed.

So, was it an "attempted coup"?

In my opinion, it was an attempted coup and it was not just a "farcical" attempt as some have suggested. It was a very serious attempt at overthrowing our democracy and a legitimate election. We know who was complicit and who was not. That is not a matter for debate.