Nope. Article 25 of the Constitution allows for this and it's legal. A coup would not be legal and is not protected by the Constitution.
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You're dreaming if you think the 25th Amendment (not "Article 25") has one straightforward legal interpretation, and using it in that manner would not be furiously denounced as illegal and challenged immediately. It would be declared a coup
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Trump was not elected with the will of the voters.
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Also, not that it matters to you one iota, but "discussed a legitimate mechanism to legally remove a President and then didn't use it" is miles away from "thwarted coup."
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Let’s not bother with technicalities like “The Constitution”. That’s so passé these days.
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Eesh. 1: not a coup, using the extant mechanisms of the state 2: the US is pretty traditionally coup-happy in other places, so why would folks care if it were a coup? 3: it's not a coup
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Attorneys discussing if a Constitutional provision applies in a difficult circumstance is nowhere close to a coup. They should be more worried about Trump's corruption.
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I think corporate media are pretty pro-coup regardless of the country.
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I dunno. More like they talked about it because something way worse might have been going on but ultimately decided against it.
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Talked about it? They went into action to take him down and we still get hit on the smears...
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newsflash... it HAS happened in Uganda.
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Sounds like the rumors that Pelosi was starting a coup to become president were true.
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Who exactly is going to jail for this?
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No one. The system is too big to fail.
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thank you for point it out, 100% correct
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Somebody needs to read the Constitution - for many reasons.
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Top law enforcement officials discussed using a legal and constitutional remedy to deal with a corrupt leader elected despite the expressed will of the voters engaging in obstruction of justice and stating publicly that he was obstructing justice.
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I thought Tracey was talking about Venezuela; my clueless bad.
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