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[blackhawks]

THIS is known now....1/6 was a national disgrace perpetrated by treason weasel Trump and his asshole supporters. Once the hearings resume it will be hung around the necks of the GOP for the next full year, and beyond.

Schmidt: The "TRUMP COUP MEMO" should be an occasion for a giant, collective, national time out.

👇 The “TRUMP COUP MEMO” aka “Eastman Plan” should be an occasion for a giant, collective, national time out. I placed the concession phone call for John McCain. The fact that a plan was developed and the defeated President was engaged in executing it for the purposes of stealing https://t.co/O5aJK4L4Cn

— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) September 27, 2021

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The “TRUMP COUP MEMO” aka “Eastman Plan” should be an occasion for a giant, collective, national time out. I placed the concession phone call for John McCain. The fact that a plan was developed and the defeated President was engaged in executing it for the purposes of stealing

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one key thing about the memo that is being lost is that it was not just a memo, some sort of paper passed around. It was a document and plan that sparked a Jan. 4 meeting with Trump, Eastman and Pence/aides in Oval, then the final Jan. 5 Oval meeting.
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The “TRUMP COUP MEMO” aka “Eastman Plan” should be an occasion for a giant, collective, national time out. I placed the concession phone call for John McCain. The fact that a plan was developed and the defeated President was engaged in executing it for the purposes of stealing

an election he squarely lost is an unconscionable betrayal of our country. The Confederates who sat at his right arm as he plotted to destroy the Republic from within are known to us all. There is no other moment in American history where the revelation of such treachery would

not have induced the greatest possible National outrage. American democracy is imperfect. That has always been so. There now exists in the public realm, documentary evidence, a written plan to kill it off and replace it with something new. It was written by the Presidents atty

and presented to the President. Trump took that paper and turned it into a weapon, a poisoned shiv and stuck it into the rib cage of American Democracy. He twisted it, crazed with rage that he had been rejected and repudiated. His Confederates watched or joined in the plotting

and the violence. They incited mayhem to achieve their plan. The plan was to cause chaos and use it to seize illegitimate power in the name of law and order for the purposes of maintaining freedom. Sound familiar? The most important difference between today and the day Eastman

wrote it is this. Back then, GOP leaders weren’t ready to saddle up. They hesitated. They wavered in their loyalty to Trump. They felt one last pull towards the country they swore an oath to preserve. They were repulsed by the 1/6 images, for a moment. Today, they are ready and

standing by. The Proud Boys were ready but the elected officials generally weren’t. Now they are all Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley. The whole of the GOP is on board for ….next time. Mostly, the country pretends it isn’t happening at all. But it is. Right in front of our eyes.