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36. The Republicans have been in "damn the criticism, grab with both hands" mode...

Tue Dec 15, 2020, 11:03 AM

Dec 2020

...for far longer than they have been playing footsie with Putin. Before the 2000 election, the Boston Globe reported on a scheme where -- if Bush won the popular vote but lost the EC -- they'd launch a campaign to bully states into allowing faithless electors vote for Bush "following the Will of the people" instead of Gore. (Sound familiar?)

But the votes went the other way around and "the will of the people" was treated like the disposable rag they consider it to be.

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Was it an "attempted coup" ?? [View all] kentuck Dec 2020 OP

It was in deed a RIGGED ELECTION and an ATTEMPTED COUP, albeit a dumb & clumsily conducted one onetexan Dec 2020 #1

Can you imagine what would have happened if the election had come down to one state?? kentuck Dec 2020 #2

Yes exboyfil Dec 2020 #14

Yes, the regime thought they had Arizona. kentuck Dec 2020 #18

Bless the Native vote, over 90% for Biden catrose Dec 2020 #34

Absolutely! kentuck Dec 2020 #41

Hear hear!! We owe so much to our Native American and Black brothers & sisters for saving democracy. onetexan Dec 2020 #74

Yeah, when Fox called Arizona early.. ananda Dec 2020 #29

And even Fox called it on Election night malaise Dec 2020 #50

They already did, in 2000,........ jaxexpat Dec 2020 #40

There is really nothing else you could call it mtnsnake Dec 2020 #3

I still believe it was master-minded from Russia. kentuck Dec 2020 #6

It could be. mtnsnake Dec 2020 #13

The Republicans have been in "damn the criticism, grab with both hands" mode... JHB Dec 2020 #36

I remember that. kentuck Dec 2020 #83

It seemed apparent to me that... maddiemom Dec 2020 #72

Great post, maddiemom. nt mtnsnake Dec 2020 #79

yes. NRaleighLiberal Dec 2020 #4

It was. And still is. Buns_of_Fire Dec 2020 #5

THIS! jayschool2013 Dec 2020 #58

May they self immolate Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2020 #63

With McConnell's congratulatory acknowledgment of Biden's win, Texin Dec 2020 #68

yup Moscow Mitch is trying to save his own skin. He won't go down with the trumptanic. onetexan Dec 2020 #76

If democrats to not form a select committee to investigate all aspects, then 2022 and 2024 will be beachbumbob Dec 2020 #7

This. Stark truth. JudyM Dec 2020 #70

Great post malaise Dec 2020 #8

Somebody has to say it. kentuck Dec 2020 #11

AMEN MALAISE friend of m and j Dec 2020 #75

Yes, good post Meowmee Dec 2020 #9

Be thankful for trumpean incompetence Maeve Dec 2020 #10

Yes and it ain't over yet. They will contest the EV count on 1/6, and try to get a majority jmg257 Dec 2020 #12

Yes, and it could have very easily happened still_one Dec 2020 #15

I think it was much, much closer than most of us realize. kentuck Dec 2020 #16

I agree kentuck, and it is very concerning. Domestic terrorism from the right is very real. Not still_one Dec 2020 #17

It is a long-term problem for our democracy. kentuck Dec 2020 #19

That actually started with Reagan still_one Dec 2020 #24

Yes, those infamous "nine words".. kentuck Dec 2020 #25

yup, and the sad fact is Bill Clinton contributed that through the telecommunications act of 1996 still_one Dec 2020 #28

I think the technical term is "autogolpe" Fiendish Thingy Dec 2020 #20

Thanks! kentuck Dec 2020 #21

Ok empedocles Dec 2020 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2020 #23

Thanks, I think I get it. Hotler Dec 2020 #27

It's also called a self-coup. Poiuyt Dec 2020 #56

It's hard for me to say 'golpe' whether it's auto or deliberate. Arne Dec 2020 #61

I agree. They should feel lucky to not suffer the same fate as other fascist. Hotler Dec 2020 #26

"Is", not "was", I think. Harker Dec 2020 #30

Good point! kentuck Dec 2020 #31

Mein Fuhrer, Steiner... Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2020 #33

One of the many missing pieces in Trumpsky's life Harker Dec 2020 #71

You are quite the thinker, lillypaddle Dec 2020 #32

Thank you lillypaddle ! kentuck Dec 2020 #35

Send it to the KY newspapers lillypaddle Dec 2020 #37

Shitbag didn't count on such a massive turnout Aviation Pro Dec 2020 #38

He expected a huge Dem turnout, wnylib Dec 2020 #66

It ain't over til Biden is sworn in. badboy67 Dec 2020 #39

Putin has conceded. kentuck Dec 2020 #42

Welcome to our DU family. niyad Dec 2020 #51

And even then its not - listen to RW talk radio lately? This extremist element is not going away Kashkakat v.2.0 Dec 2020 #64

What did Trump in was that most Repubs didn't support him. Kaleva Dec 2020 #43

He received 75 million votes. kentuck Dec 2020 #46

Those votes didn't translate into supporting a post-election "attempted coup" Kaleva Dec 2020 #52

I hope you are right about that... kentuck Dec 2020 #84

They're all spineless, regardless. The majority haven't spoken out, not even aknowledge Biden as onetexan Dec 2020 #77

In my opinion it was a decades long planned shakedown bucolic_frolic Dec 2020 #44

I think we would be looking at an entirely different scenario if it had come down to Pennsylvania Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2020 #45

I found this paragraph chilling Mme. Defarge Dec 2020 #47

Exactly. And sorry to bring this up again, but who knows what software or avenues were installed judesedit Dec 2020 #62

No, it wasn't an "attempted coup". WinstonSmith4740 Dec 2020 #48

That is a very valid point. kentuck Dec 2020 #85

This one may have been quashed... N_E_1 for Tennis Dec 2020 #49

They confined their activities to the courts. Laelth Dec 2020 #53

Yes, AND..... it also furthered the cause of sowing chaos and distrust of democratic process Kashkakat v.2.0 Dec 2020 #54

Excellent post Escurumbele Dec 2020 #55

Keystone Coup. Sneederbunk Dec 2020 #57

Especially in Pennsylvania! hay rick Dec 2020 #67

It was an attempted coup. At first I thought it was BS grifting but it was a coup...he would have Demsrule86 Dec 2020 #59

Love to see the film when it comes out housecat Dec 2020 #60

Yes. However... Algernon Moncrieff Dec 2020 #65

Yes it was a form of attempted coup. hay rick Dec 2020 #69

And now that Trump knows that Russia knows that he's a loser, I wonder if he's terrified Rabrrrrrr Dec 2020 #73

If using the word coup is appropriate, then I would say yes PRETZEL Dec 2020 #78

The only thing missing is the absence of the military malaise Dec 2020 #80

What's occurring now is the "2020 USA attempted coup d'etat." David__77 Dec 2020 #81

They gave learned valuable information AwakeAtLast Dec 2020 #82

Three words: Louis. Fucking. DeJoy. Blue Owl Dec 2020 #86

It was an attempt to establish permanent Republican rule, beginning with a trump dynasty. Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2020 #87