Donald Trump's allies are panicking about what they say is a potential "coup" being organized by Mitch McConnell against the incoming president. Tucker Carlson, a former Fox News host and far-right hero, took to social media on Saturday to warn his 14.5 million followers about the purported plan...

Summary

Donald Trump allies, including Tucker Carlson and Laura Loomer, are accusing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of orchestrating a “coup” against Trump’s agenda by scheduling early Senate GOP leadership elections.

Carlson, on social media, urged his followers to support Florida Senator Rick Scott as the only candidate aligned with Trump, warning that other candidates oppose Trump’s policies.

Loomer criticized Republicans for not addressing McConnell’s move sooner, suggesting that calls for party “unity” have enabled this alleged attempt to undermine Trump’s incoming administration.

  • OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee
    1941·
    24 days ago

    Everything’s a goddamn coup with these people.

    Scheduling legislative leadership elections at an allowed time is a coup against a guy who is currently not in office?

    K.

      • _bcron_@lemmy.worldEnglish
        25·
        23 days ago

        It’s so he can set some terms such as blind ballots, which really helps republicans align with democrats in choosing without fear of retaliation and that’s why they’re all losing their minds over this. Tucker Carlson is screaming at people to call their senators and demand that they back Rick Scott because now they have no control over how any republican chooses to vote.

        So hopefully Mitch succeeds in turning the government into a total do-nothing circus despite Trump possibly controlling the supreme court and all three branches of the government. GOP might fucking implode like the Whigs finally, MAGA spending all their time and energy trying to unseat traditional republicans, that deal

    • Valmond@lemmy.world
      1·
      23 days ago

      Ya, I think I have to do some researching into how to block those fake click-bait news :-/

      • Tidesphere@lemmy.world
        56·
        23 days ago

        The goal is to use the word coup often so that the word loses its punch, that way when an actual coup happens people will just shrug when it’s reported and think it’s just a minor occurrence.