Yet, Wilentz writes, “many of even the most influential news sources hold to the fiction Trump and his party are waging a presidential campaign instead of a continuing coup, a staggering failure to recognize Trump’s stated agenda.”

Stopping that coup means first winning the election — and then ensuring that local officials certify it.

That means:

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      Who do you think got ripped out and replaced with traitor loyalists? The state and local officials. Look at my own state of Arizona. Fake electors still abound.

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        I don’t doubt that there are more wannabe traitors in local office; Trump didn’t put them there directly though.

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          These ideals and plans originate somewhere related to the GOP. So you’re right, he didn’t directly do it, and after he’s gone this isn’t done.

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            Yep. The fundamental problem is that the Republican party has transitioned into a pro-dictatorship party because they’re afraid that nonwhites will have the same freedoms as they do. And that doesn’t go away once Trump is gone.