People Who Are Fearing That Trump Will Try To Stay In Power Illegally Are Sharing A Memo Of 10 Things You Should Know On How To Stop A Coup
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Joe Biden has won the US presidential election—you go, Joe—but Trump isn’t here for it. The fact that Trump and other Republicans refuse to acknowledge the results of the election is worrying for some people.
There are concerns that the current POTUS, along with other Republicans, will do anything in order to stay in power. For quite a while now, Trump has been warning Americans that he won’t be accepting the loss of the election. For this reason, various organizations have begun publishing pieces explaining ways the President and his allies might turn a loss into a win. People are fearing a slide into authoritarianism if the current people in power decide to stop counting votes or allow Trump to stay in power when he didn’t win the election.
However (fortunately!), experts are saying that the coup is not likely to happen for various reasons. Still, a memo explaining 10 things everyone needs to know to stop a coup is being shared and reshared on different social media platforms. Scroll down below to read it.
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People online are sharing a memo of 10 things you need to know to stop a coup
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“Choose Democracy has one mission: prepare Americans in how to prevent and, if necessary, stop an undemocratic power grab or coup,” the official website for the Choose Democracy project reads. “Our work involves psychological preparation, lessons from history, and strategic sensibility.”
The memo covering 10 things people need to know to stop a coup has been shared on various platforms. “Anyone running for office can say whatever they want to, but it’s the will of the voters that decides,” Van Jones—news commentator, author, and lawyer—wrote to his 1M followers on Facebook upon sharing the message.
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The project Choose Democracy emerged due to fears of Trump trying to keep his power illegally
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“Democracy is fragile. We have reason to worry that this fall we may see an undemocratic power grab—a coup. We also know that the people can defend our democracy. Nonviolent mass protests have stopped coups in other places, and we may have to do the same in this country,” the people behind the project write on Choose Democracy’s website.
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However, according to experts, a coup isn’t that likely
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However, as per recent events, experts don’t think there’s a high chance of a coup.
Talking to The Guardian via email, Richard Hasen, a law professor at the University of California, Irvine, who specializes in elections, said: “If the country continues to follow the rule of law, I see no plausible constitutional path forward for Trump to remain as president barring new evidence of some massive failure of the election system in multiple states. It would be a naked, antidemocratic power grab to try to use state legislatures to get around the voters’ choice and I don’t expect it to happen.”
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“This scenario has unfolded differently”
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The latest update, written on November 11 on the Choose Democracy website, reads: “Months ago we urged people to prepare in case of a coup. We told people to act decisively if a coup begins—because coups are often decided in days or weeks.
This scenario has unfolded differently. What we have seen has been slow, poorly rolled out, and has none of the surprise elements associated with a traditional coup.”
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“What we have seen has been slow, poorly rolled out, and has none of the surprise elements associated with a traditional coup”
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“The media continues to treat Biden as the president-elect. Secretaries of State are standing by the election process. World leaders, Democrats, and many Republicans have congratulated Biden on his win,” the people behind the project write in the update section of Choose Democracy’s webpage.
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Here’s how people online reacted
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Yes, it can happen here. Wherever your "here" is. BTW, FYI, the military oath is to defend the United States, not swear loyalty to POTUS, and that POTUS is firing people he considers "disloyal" is possibly the most overt sign of dictatorial behavior we've seen yet.
I'm not sure why you're being downvoted, but you are correct. It's raising alarms that he's firing military officials from the pentagon and replacing them with loyalists.
Oh, I get downvoted a lot for this stuff. Certain people want Trump in power b/c he can do more damage to America than any foreign nation ever has or could. My parents were both US military. Anyone loyal to Trump over the US is not a loyalist, but a cultist. IMHO.
If we were a true democracy, we wouldn't have the Electoral College and the cheeto wouldn't have been elected the first time around. Dum dum Bush wouldn't have gotten a 2nd term either. I think we need to focus more on getting rid of the EC so the people truly speak for the country's needs.
Sadly, it isn't that simple or even true. Five presidents did not win the popular vote, the elections were in 1824, 1876, 1888, 2000, and 2016. Voter suppression and outright cheating are more common problems. One of the state's elections qualified for a UN inspection We have supported their decision in other countries, but would never allow it here.
I never thought I would see the day that the number 1 exporter of democracy would need outside supervision in its own elections. And as opposed to other dictatorships here it is the wannabe vanilla fascist who claims fraud. An upside down world if I have ever seen one.
and gerrymandered districts that split poor areas to keep them in the minority.
I agree. One thing I've witnessed from this as well, is that Trump gave very little federal help to blue states because he knew he didn't need to cater to us for votes (nor want to). Come on, we're all one country. We shouldn't have to bow to a ruler to get assistance, that is entirely un-American.
Things have changed apparently about what is America nowadays. 70 million think it is patriotic to screw over the other half.
Also ranked voting
Mail-in voting similar to Australia's would solve a lot of problems. I actually live in Oregon and our mail-in voting system is superb. Workers have the hardest time voting, and mail-in voting would help us all out tremendously. If the EC is to stay, then also having DC become a state as well as Puerto Rico would probably turn the tides as well. Wonder if the conservatives would open up for removing the EC at that point, lol.
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He got elected because everyone was sick of being broke and told what to do from Obama who failed this country. Trump is not a paid for politician like the rest of them and shows why he was able to get more done in his first year than Obama did in 8 or Biden in 47.
So here's the thing about America: The rich control the politicians. They don't care about us. Republican, Democrat. Doesn't matter. I don't know why you want to simp so hard for a corrupt a-hole like Trump. If you want to get angry, point your anger at corporations who control the media. As an Independent voter, I can say that democrats are the "lesser of two evils" from all I've seen, but it's not enough. This country will burn to ashes if it doesn't change its ways. Unchecked capitalism killed it and Trump accelerated its demise.
You are right he is not a paid for politician in the sense as the others are through the big lobbies. However how would you call lining your pockets with tax payers money and blatantly abusing the Hatch Act? I mean posing with cans of beans in the Oval Office is a bit far fetched. Overcharging for a glass of water on his own property does not sound patriotic to me, but hey I am biased. After his tenure nepotism will have to be redefined. People were still broke from the Bush 2008 collapse that Obama fixed and he ruined again. Remind me how many trillion he added to the debt?
I can certainly believe that politicians get money from places they really shouldn't. Whether that applies to Trump, I don't know and I don't think you do either. The one thing I do know - because it's well documented - is that he's used the presidency for personal profit. Same thing really, isn't it?
Serge seriously? You need to do your research. Obama didn't fix anything but destroyed everything he touched.
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Al Jones, you obviously have short term memory, Presidency for profit?? remember he wasn't getting paid but a dollar a quarter. He donated his salary every quarter.
Read 'Violent Politics, A History of Insurgency, Terrorism & Guerrilla War from the America Revolution to Iraq' by William Polk. He explains, among other things, the social conditions leading to revolution. This is an incredible book and will show you another way to view the world around you. There aren't graphic descriptions of violence, it isn't about that.
It's a good book, I agree.
Yes, it can happen here. Wherever your "here" is. BTW, FYI, the military oath is to defend the United States, not swear loyalty to POTUS, and that POTUS is firing people he considers "disloyal" is possibly the most overt sign of dictatorial behavior we've seen yet.
I'm not sure why you're being downvoted, but you are correct. It's raising alarms that he's firing military officials from the pentagon and replacing them with loyalists.
Oh, I get downvoted a lot for this stuff. Certain people want Trump in power b/c he can do more damage to America than any foreign nation ever has or could. My parents were both US military. Anyone loyal to Trump over the US is not a loyalist, but a cultist. IMHO.
If we were a true democracy, we wouldn't have the Electoral College and the cheeto wouldn't have been elected the first time around. Dum dum Bush wouldn't have gotten a 2nd term either. I think we need to focus more on getting rid of the EC so the people truly speak for the country's needs.
Sadly, it isn't that simple or even true. Five presidents did not win the popular vote, the elections were in 1824, 1876, 1888, 2000, and 2016. Voter suppression and outright cheating are more common problems. One of the state's elections qualified for a UN inspection We have supported their decision in other countries, but would never allow it here.
I never thought I would see the day that the number 1 exporter of democracy would need outside supervision in its own elections. And as opposed to other dictatorships here it is the wannabe vanilla fascist who claims fraud. An upside down world if I have ever seen one.
and gerrymandered districts that split poor areas to keep them in the minority.
I agree. One thing I've witnessed from this as well, is that Trump gave very little federal help to blue states because he knew he didn't need to cater to us for votes (nor want to). Come on, we're all one country. We shouldn't have to bow to a ruler to get assistance, that is entirely un-American.
Things have changed apparently about what is America nowadays. 70 million think it is patriotic to screw over the other half.
Also ranked voting
Mail-in voting similar to Australia's would solve a lot of problems. I actually live in Oregon and our mail-in voting system is superb. Workers have the hardest time voting, and mail-in voting would help us all out tremendously. If the EC is to stay, then also having DC become a state as well as Puerto Rico would probably turn the tides as well. Wonder if the conservatives would open up for removing the EC at that point, lol.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
He got elected because everyone was sick of being broke and told what to do from Obama who failed this country. Trump is not a paid for politician like the rest of them and shows why he was able to get more done in his first year than Obama did in 8 or Biden in 47.
So here's the thing about America: The rich control the politicians. They don't care about us. Republican, Democrat. Doesn't matter. I don't know why you want to simp so hard for a corrupt a-hole like Trump. If you want to get angry, point your anger at corporations who control the media. As an Independent voter, I can say that democrats are the "lesser of two evils" from all I've seen, but it's not enough. This country will burn to ashes if it doesn't change its ways. Unchecked capitalism killed it and Trump accelerated its demise.
You are right he is not a paid for politician in the sense as the others are through the big lobbies. However how would you call lining your pockets with tax payers money and blatantly abusing the Hatch Act? I mean posing with cans of beans in the Oval Office is a bit far fetched. Overcharging for a glass of water on his own property does not sound patriotic to me, but hey I am biased. After his tenure nepotism will have to be redefined. People were still broke from the Bush 2008 collapse that Obama fixed and he ruined again. Remind me how many trillion he added to the debt?
I can certainly believe that politicians get money from places they really shouldn't. Whether that applies to Trump, I don't know and I don't think you do either. The one thing I do know - because it's well documented - is that he's used the presidency for personal profit. Same thing really, isn't it?
Serge seriously? You need to do your research. Obama didn't fix anything but destroyed everything he touched.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Al Jones, you obviously have short term memory, Presidency for profit?? remember he wasn't getting paid but a dollar a quarter. He donated his salary every quarter.
Read 'Violent Politics, A History of Insurgency, Terrorism & Guerrilla War from the America Revolution to Iraq' by William Polk. He explains, among other things, the social conditions leading to revolution. This is an incredible book and will show you another way to view the world around you. There aren't graphic descriptions of violence, it isn't about that.
It's a good book, I agree.