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AbovAbove: the Deep State (TM) has been uniform in its efforts to stop Donald Trump from taking or remaining in office

I’m glad the Deep State (TM) tasked Roy with finding hilarious examples of wingers arguing that pursuing lawful investigations or observing that the evidence would seem to indicate that Russia attempted to influence the 2016 elections constitutes a coup d’etat:

“The intention of the Obama/Clinton campaign is to explain the election loss in terms acceptable to the Democratic Party, to hamstring and delegitimize the new administration coming in, and to bring about the resignation or impeachment of Donald Trump,” wrote Philip Giraldi at the American Conservative in March. “It is in all intents and purposes a coup…” (Name checks: George Soros, John Podesta, “consigliere Valerie Jarrett.”)

“We Are Watching A Slow-Motion Coup D’etat,” cried James Downton at the Federalist in May. Downton charged “collusion between the various elements of the partisan Left, the media, and the administrative state.” Apparently the kingpin of these colluders, judging from the frequency with which Downton mentioned him in his column, is Eric Boehlert, a writer for Media Matters for America and, later, Shareblue. Congrats on the promotion, Eric!

Lately, as the web around Trump tightens, conservatives have grown more likely to resort to the cri de coup.

” ‘Silent Coup’: Limbaugh Says DC Establishment Is ‘Trying to Take Out’ Trump,” reported Fox News Insider. Disgraced political operative Dick Morris told the National Enquirer about “The CIA ‘Silent Coup’ Against Donald Trump.” “The Slow-Motion Coup d’Etat picks up steam,” wrote William A. Jacobson, a professor of law at Cornell.

Ah, Colonel Mustard — I always have a fondness for the classics.

Anyway, if you find it odd that similar nonsense sometimes appears in nominally left publications, well HILLARY CLINTON JUST WANTED TO REPEAL SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE AND USE THE PROCEEDS TO SEND TROOPS INTO YAKTUSK WAKE UP SHEEPLE.

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