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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 14 Nov 2020

      Jeet Heer Retweeted Judd Legum

      The 3 paths for a coup are courts, military, state legislators. So: 1) lawsuits & laughable & being rejected 2) military leaders keep saying their oath is to constitution 3) state legislators rejecting. Trump has no mechanism for a coup.https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/1327629033593573376 …

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      Judd LegumVerified account @JuddLegum
      "Republican leaders in four critical states won by President-elect Joe Biden say they won’t participate in a legally dubious scheme to flip their state’s electors to vote for President Donald Trump." https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-legislature-pennsylvania-b199b2debc87fbb20612a48835bc0dba …
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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 14 Nov 2020

      To be clear, Trump desperately wants a coup. If he could wish a coup into being, there would be a coup. But as throughout his presidency, there is a disjunction between what he wants and what he is capable of doing.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 14 Nov 2020

      A future president who is more competent than Trump could use the mechanism Trump has tried and pull off a coup. That's worth thinking about and figuring out how to solve. The danger is real, just not this time.

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        1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 14 Nov 2020

          Jeet Heer Retweeted MeidasTouch.com

          Is it heartening that over the last few months top military officers have repeatedly said their oath is to the constitution? Yes -- up to a point. Worth considering why they feel they have to say this.https://twitter.com/MeidasTouch/status/1327043123667562497 …

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          Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: "We do not take an oath to a king or a queen, a tyrant or a dictator. We do not take an oath to an individual." pic.twitter.com/dfqGxobZJD
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        1. Mondee Redman  🍁 🐾‏ @MondeeRedman 14 Nov 2020
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          Dont forget about Mitch McConnell. He is undermining democracy every day.

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        1. Scott Cory‏ @scory 14 Nov 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          And goes to the work that needs to be done to put institutions and social conventions in place to increase social cohesion and reduce the risks of future coups and/or decent into authoritarian oligarchy.

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        1. Pé 🌻‏ @4everNeverTrump 14 Nov 2020
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          The danger is always real, though. That's the risk of having such a powerful executive in a democracy.

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        1. Jamie Ross‏ @jross252 14 Nov 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          It's bad enough that he is going thru the motions. It's extremely dangerous. even if you are right that so far everything is holding and he cannot win. Something could break. And it gives his fans a myth that their hero was wronged. It cleaves our country even further.

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        1. Teddy Chassin‏ @TeddyChassin 14 Nov 2020
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          it's terrifying to think about how if the election did in fact come down to the perfectly valid, postmarked by E Day ballots in PA this scheme would've worked. so going forward Democrats have to deal with all the built in unfairness of the EC AND win by enough to prevent theft.

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        1. Matthew of Philadelphia‏ @Miltime8 14 Nov 2020
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          It’s about not rocking the boat right? The coup would be too obvious and create instability/upheaval which would lead to economic (ie corporate) losses. That boat must not be rocked at all costs. If the GOP thought they could coup without rocking it they would.

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        1. Dylan Llyr‏ @dylanllyr 14 Nov 2020
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          Yeah. It's not going to work this time, but it's no less terrifying that they're trying. Feels bleak. This is how it's going to be from now on, so it's just a matter of time.

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        1. Brandon Wolfe-Hunnicutt‏ @HunnicuttWolfe 14 Nov 2020
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          First as farce...

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        1. Gabriel Ciociola‏ @salemwitchfyndr 14 Nov 2020
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          President Scott Walker would be tearing our democracy up like a grocery store receipt.

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