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submitted 3 months ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/politics@lemmy.world

Just in case you had any doubt about whether he intends to stage another coup attempt if he loses.

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[-] KillingAndKindess 68 points 3 months ago

Its not election strategy at all, this prep for a coup attempt. He knows he's lost, and now he's whistling off the back porch prepping his dogs to dowhat he is too dumb and fat to do on his own.

[-] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 39 points 3 months ago

Trump hasn't lost yet - not by a long shot - but this definitely is him preparing Plan B. This is basically just him signalling to his most loyal fans that if things don't go their way in November, they'll be richly awarded for another Jan 6 - only doing it "right" this time.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

The coup is 100% plan A. This has been Trump's strategy since at least 2000, if not even earlier than that. Their efforts to insert partisan saboteurs into the elections bureaucracy and erode public trust not only didn't stop after the last presidential election, they didn't even slow down.

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 29 points 3 months ago

Love the optimism, but in no way has Trump "already lost", nor do I think he believes that. Please make sure you and your social circle vote, volunteer, and donate to get people to the polls!

[-] KillingAndKindess 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Eh, he may not know it know it, but he fears he has and this the plan b being brought closer to the fold.

But yes of course vote.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Actually winning 270+ electoral college votes was always plan B. Disrupting the counting/certification and getting put into power by a one-vote-per-state poll in the House or coronated by SCOTUS like in Bush v. Gore (which three of the current justices worked for Bush on, BTW) is 100% plan A.

[-] TehWorld@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

I’m currently in the “blue no matter who” camp. Harris has momentum, but Trump still has an edge in the electoral college and that’s what actually matters.

Controversially, I’ll say that: there are no undecided voters. The person that will win is the one who can actually get their supporters to the polls. Last time around Trump got 74 million people to vote for him and as much as Lemmy/Reddit whatever site you visit seems to think that Harris is winning, it’s all about voter turnout.

[-] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Couldn't the FBI... Idk

Arrest attendees based on probable cause relating to January 6th?

[-] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago

I thought most of them were told to stay away from each other.

[-] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

At this time, everything is an election strategy.

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