Prelude to a Coup?

From The most petulant 46 minutes in American history:

There’s a new burbling among Trump’s supporters that follows his claims [of election fraud] to their logical endpoint. His former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, and his former attorney have endorsed the idea that Trump should somehow try to step outside the boundaries of the Constitution to force some sort of re-vote supervised by the military: an overt coup to supplant Trump’s lazier attempt. Trump didn’t endorse that idea in his [46 minute] speech, but, given what he’s already endorsed, we shouldn’t assume the thought hasn’t crossed his mind.

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