If the most powerful law enforcement and intelligence officials in the country get together to surveil and entrap members of a campaign because they believe the candidate poses a National Security Threat, that can be reasonably described as a "soft coup"
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Later, of course, the top person in the Justice Department and the top person in the FBI got together to plot extra-legal presidential removal schemes, such as "wearing a wire" and recruiting cabinet members to invoke the 25th Amendment on spurious grounds
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That's why I use the phrase "soft coup," because it doesn't require conscious intentionality at any given moment: it just reflects a widespread desire to use extraordinary tactics to impede the candidate, and then even remove him once he assumed office
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"Coup" gives the impression of a military brigade invading the White House and arresting the president. Obviously that didn't happen, and almost certainly couldn't happen. "Soft coup" better captures the broad scope of these unprecedented security state actions
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Really? That is an absolutely ridiculous formulation. A “coup,” soft or otherwise, requires intentionality. And it’s clear from Baker’s recounting of the investigation that this was not the intent. It was always about learning what Russia was doing in 2016.
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Wouldnt the FBI inform the campaign about it to help them avoid any foreign unlawful influence? The fact alone that nobody spoke to the Trump campaign about the perceived threat speaks volumes to what their intent was.
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Has Baker stated whether the DNC(who was 'hacked' by the Russians) was 'surveilled' to see what the Russians were up to and/or to 'protect' Hillary & DNC
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Nothing soft about it
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I guess they think spreading lies and going against a duly elected President of the United States is normal? Dividing the country is normal? They were just doing normal spy business. Nothing to see here.
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The president couldn't pass a basic security check.
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“Soft coup attempt” he said editorially.
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Even Yahoo is admitting it now.pic.twitter.com/bPrycXufcP
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He's "offended" because he could be busted for Sedition.
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Is it illegal?
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It was somewhere between a coup and hazing the new kid, but closer to a coup.
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“palace coup”
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