# The American Coup: 11.9.2020 -

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-11-9-2020/925182>\
**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")\
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**Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-11-9-2020/925182/575 "2020-11-20T01:57:44Z")

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The Washington Post is not sugarcoating this crisis. Note that this is **not** an opinion piece.

**[Trump uses power of presidency to try to overturn the election and stay in office](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-uses-power-of-presidency-to-try-to-overturn-the-election-and-stay-in-office/2020/11/19/bc89caa6-2a9f-11eb-8fa2-06e7cbb145c0_story.html)**

> **[Trump uses power of presidency to try to overturn the election and stay in...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-uses-power-of-presidency-to-try-to-overturn-the-election-and-stay-in-office/2020/11/19/bc89caa6-2a9f-11eb-8fa2-06e7cbb145c0_story.html)**
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> After courts rejected the Trump campaign’s baseless allegations of widespread voter fraud, the president is now trying to remain in power with a wholesale assault on the integrity of the vote.

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