Why Trump keeps talking about a failed coup | Opinion

On Sunday, May 12, 2019, Trump sent a three-part tweet quoting Tom Fitton, president of the right-wing conservative foundation Judicial Watch, accusing the FBI and Democrats of “an illegal coup” to overthrow the president. Sadly, this is not the first time Trump has invoked the idea of a failed “coup” to characterize the legitimate and legal investigations being conducted into his abuses of power and potential criminal behavior.

To understand why Trump’s rhetoric of a failed coup is so dangerous, let me say a few words about rhetoric and how it works. Contrary to popular perception, rhetoric is not empty. At its core, rhetoric carries and conveys both meanings and emotions. Consider, first, the meaning of the word “coup.” A coup, by definition, is a violent, illegal, and sudden overthrow of a government by a political faction, military, or dictator. Nothing of this sort is happening in the U.S. So, in invoking this term, Trump is asking Americans to view the Mueller investigation and now congressional investigations as illegal attempts to violently overthrow the government.

Soros told every Dem in Congress & on TV to use the word 'impeachment' as often as possible, so they are. Today's Left is the lying, cheating, manipulative Communist party that Goebbels, Alinsky, Stalin, & Soros love and that Orwell warned us about. Every claim, always, is a lie.

Anyone who isn’t a MAGA knows why. The guy is constantly the victim of someone or something and he constantly projects, which is a difficult concept of abnormal psychology to understand when you’re dumb. StayStupidGOP

When the FBI and CIA is used to to spy on a campaign of the other party, that is as bad as it gets. Treason charges for the failed coup by some in high positions of great prestige and trust. Clapper and brennan broke that trust with a coup attempt.

NOT just talking about it, TRUTH not fake news. Sad you consistently insult middle Americans intelligence. Admit it you missed the biggest political story of the century due to your own bias.

The coup is....the Russians took America from within, without firing a shot.

, you have a Bot problem!

ummmmmm bc it actually happened and now democrats, MSM, and the entire left is trying to pretend it either didnt happen or that they had nothing to do with it.

Trump knows other despots may face the possibility.

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