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mitch96

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4. That's where Smedly Butler came in.. Grandpa Bush and his cronies hired Butler and

Reply to ShazamIam (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 6, 2021, 02:34 PM

Jul 2021

had the backing of upwards of 500,000 paid ex military troops to aid with the overthrow FDR.
Butler blew the whistle and the coup went away.. Great reading...
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"In November 1934, Butler told the committee that one Gerald P. MacGuire told him that a group of businessmen, supposedly backed by a private army of 500,000 ex-soldiers and others, intended to establish a fascist dictatorship"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Butler
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Plot

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Kinda sorta like back in the 1930's American industrialists wanted the US to be more like mitch96 Jul 2021 #1

The huge difference between that plot and the one we are in is now they have the Qmagat troops. ShazamIam Jul 2021 #2

That's where Smedly Butler came in.. Grandpa Bush and his cronies hired Butler and mitch96 Jul 2021 #4

And these MAGA idiots think once that happens.... ProudMNDemocrat Jul 2021 #3

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