.MaddowBlog: Pres. Trump insists there was 'an attempted overthrow' of US government.
On five occasions this month, Donald Trump has promoted Twitter content from others claiming there was an attempted “coup” against his administration. Last night on Fox News, the president lent his voice to the same hysterical talking point.
“Really, it’s a coup,” Trump said. “It’s spying. It’s everything that you can imagine. It’s hard to believe in this country that we would have had that…. I really say, now we have to get down because this was a coup. This was an attempted overthrow of the United States government.” But it’s worth pausing to appreciate just how extraordinary the circumstances are. For the first time in our history, the sitting American president has told the world that there was “an attempted overthrow of the United States government” – a declaration that has been greeted with widespread shrugs, as if it were a routine Thursday night.In reality, I suspect most sensible observers realize there was no actual “coup” attempt. No one tried to “overthrow” anything.
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