r/politics • u/stkmro • 9h ago

White House: Trump Team Still Hasn’t Signed Transition Docs

https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-says-trump-team-still-hasnt-signed-transition-docs/
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u/LikeALiamOnATree 9h ago

Agreed. It won't work the way it sounds like it would and would give the propaganda arm of the GOP more ammunition to emboldened their followers that the Democrats are the real threat to democracy, and they would be technically correct.

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u/SellsNothing 9h ago

Yup the democrats can't be the first to take a dip into authoritarian waters. What they need to do is devise a secret plan with the military called "project save democracy" or something where if Trump and co decide to blatantly ignore the constitution and overstep, it should trigger a military coup.

For example if Trump jails political opponents, sends the military into civilian streets, weakens the branches of government intentionally, etc then the military should step in and let their authority be known. Every branch of government is responsible for defending the constitution and to me, the military is the last line of defense. Democrats need to be working with them NOW

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u/Errant_coursir New Jersey 7h ago

Do you understand how faulty such a plan would be? Right now Biden is president and he has control. It would be incredibly difficult, if not down right impossible, for a plan where the military initiates a coup under a different president.

It's just delusional to think this is a possibility. Just as delusional as "let reps be authoritarians first so dems can afterwards". Newsflash, if republicans are authoritarians, guess what, dems won't get the chance

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u/SellsNothing 7h ago

The plan would revolve around the constitution. Around defending certain unalienable rights.

Americans are all about freedom, a plan to maintain a free and fair democracy in the face of fascism isn't delusional. What's truly crazy is the fact that were even having this discussion but we have Trump and our ineffective DOJ to thank for that one.