# The American Coup: 11.9.2020 - **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 9, 2020, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-11-9-2020/925182 "2020-11-09T23:29:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 62
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-11-9-2020/925182/1222 "2020-12-17T16:14:23Z")
**Reported for using a pun I had already made.** ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-11-9-2020/925182/1223 "2020-12-17T16:52:32Z")
**Reported for using a pun I had already made.** This election is tearing our community apart! ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-11-9-2020/925182/1224 "2020-12-17T17:02:48Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Sure looks like he’s going to have his own fake swearing in ceremony in Florida on Jan. 20. The inauguration of Joe Biden won’t have any effect on Trumpists. After all, until a few weeks ago the story was “don’t worry, the KRAKEN!!!1! will win the election!” Then that died and it was “the Texas lawsuit will change everything.” Then that failed and they fell back on “it’s not over until the Electoral College votes.” Then the EC voted 306-232 Biden and now it’s “they’ll overturn it in Congress.” They will not overturn it in Congress but that will make no difference; then an already popular idea, “President Trump can declare martial law and cancel the election and arrest Joe Biden” will be their thing. After January 20 it’ll be something else, probably “if we have Biden impeached, then Trump can be President again” or something. There is NO POINT, no information, no event, that will sway Trumpists. It’s a cult now. They are obsessed with him. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-11-9-2020/925182/1225 "2020-12-17T17:11:28Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > Any attempt to remove Trump will require force. Or, at a minimum, a healthy dose of Vaseline and something bigger than a standard 3’0" door. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-11-9-2020/925182/1226 "2020-12-17T17:12:50Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > After January 20 it’ll be something else, probably “if we have Biden impeached, then Trump can be President again” or something. Since many of them apparently thought Trump’s impeachment was “an attempt to undo the election” that would have made Hillary president, I wouldn’t be shocked if they thought this was an achievable outcome. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-11-9-2020/925182/1227 "2020-12-17T17:13:14Z")
> [@susan](#): > > This election is tearing our community apart! It’s causing a cleavage in our unity! ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-11-9-2020/925182/1228 "2020-12-17T17:13:20Z")
Another data point to consider, which doesn’t stop 45 from running his mouth, is that the guv’mint money for him to do things will dry up pretty quickly. There’s his PAC money he’s been grifting since the election, and possibly some RNC money. But with the city of Palm Beach fighting his attempt to actually live in Mar-A-Lago, and all the normal trappings of the Presidency drying up, his personal pocketbook will start taking hits, which IMO will grind this faux Presidency to a halt, at least as regards concrete actions. Of course, he’ll make as much noise as he always has, although I do hope Twitter finds the courage to enforce their own rules on him. And I further hope that news coverage goes **WAY** down. We shall all see. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-11-9-2020/925182/1229 "2020-12-17T17:19:24Z")
> [@tripthicket](#): > > And I further hope that news coverage goes **WAY** down. We shall all see. _Florida man lives on golf course he claims he used to own, refuses demands that he leave_ _Police arrest Florida man who insists he is POTUS_ _Family pleads for safe return of Florida man who wandered off into swamp with golf clubs_ ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-11-9-2020/925182/1230 "2020-12-17T17:21:18Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > It would be interesting to see Trump set up a shadow presidency, claiming to be legitimate, and run again in 2024. Then a state denies him ballot access citing the 22nd Amendment. Would Trump then have to admit he lost in 2020 to be eligible to run in 2024? Well, I hear he’s already got a solid plurality of the vote in New California and New Nevada. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-11-9-2020/925182/1231 "2020-12-17T17:34:58Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > Or, at a minimum, a healthy dose of Vaseline and something bigger than a standard 3’0" door. AstroGlide. If I had enough AstroGlide, I could get a 747 in my garage. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-11-9-2020/925182/1232 "2020-12-17T17:40:34Z")
If I had that much AstroGlide… No, this way lies madness. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-11-9-2020/925182/1233 "2020-12-17T17:57:02Z")
Oh, sure. You’re right about that. But I wasn’t necessarily aiming to spare the outgoing President any discomfort 😉 ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-11-9-2020/925182/1234 "2020-12-17T17:57:39Z")
> [@susan](#): > > If I had that much AstroGlide… No, this way lies madness. [identifies self as hitchhiker] ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-11-9-2020/925182/1235 "2020-12-17T18:53:04Z")
Remember a hundred years ago, during Trump’s impeachment, some of his defenders said that the proper remedy for those who disagreed with Trump was to vote him out of office. I wonder how many of the people who said that now refuse to accept that it happened. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-11-9-2020/925182/1236 "2020-12-17T19:21:52Z")
For lots of Trump supporters, reality is nothing but endlessly moving goalposts. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-11-9-2020/925182/1237 "2020-12-17T19:24:26Z")
Only if the goal was missed. If their goal was made, the goalpost was exactly where it should have been. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-11-9-2020/925182/1238 "2020-12-17T22:27:50Z")
Stealing. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-11-9-2020/925182/1239 "2020-12-18T15:19:45Z")
The coup has reached the Pentagon: > **[Acting Pentagon chief halts Biden transition briefings](https://www.axios.com/2020/12/18/pentagon-biden-transition-briefings)** > > The move shocked officials across the Defense Department. ---
**Author:** ![Tride](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tride/32/13907_2.png) [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-11-9-2020/925182/1240 "2020-12-18T15:23:46Z")
Jesus fucking christ. At what point does this become treason? ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-11-9-2020/925182/1241 "2020-12-18T15:25:59Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > I wonder if Pence will have a new career as a pretend vice-president - No - way - in - hell. Trump doesn’t want or need a vice president in his imagination land; he will instead have his cadre of generals, probably starting with Mike Flynn. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-11-9-2020/925182.md?page=61) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-11-9-2020/925182.md?page=63)