It's not happening, but this kind of rhetoric is historically dangerous all the same.
https://twitter.com/JoshNBCNews/status/1326226043246694402
No, there's not going to be a coup. The GOP is publicly playing along because they know it's in their best interests to 1. not piss off Trump and 2. sow doubts about the results of the election.
Just look at Trump's legal team. The GOP has fantastic (if evil) lawyers and none of them are flocking to support his fruitless cause of contesting multiple state results.
If the GOP thought the actual cause of seizure of power were in their best interests, they'd be milking the Federalist society for all it's worth. Are they doing this? No. Because they know it ain't gonna work.
Now, what *is* in the GOP's interest? Playing the long game by giving up on Trump in private while appeasing him & his supporters in public.
It's also in their interest to make the election results look weaker than they are.
It's also in their interest to make the election results look weaker than they are.
The GOP is trying to knee-cap Biden's mandate before he assumes office by making him look like a weak winner. That's their short-term goal. In addition to placating Trump so they do not alienate their thoroughly radicalized & cultish base.
Now might be a time to be grateful for decentralized elections.
Also, every one of these hacks in the Trump administration knows their future lies in rightwing media. You know what you do if you want a future in rightwing media? Make Trump happy by humoring his delusions.
Now, once again, I do think this is dangerous behavior. I think it's eroding norms that were already fragile. I'm not saying it's innocuous. It's actually deeply dangerous.
But a coup is still not happening.
But a coup is still not happening.
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
