A beauty pageant host/real estate developer is nominated by one of our two political parties. He's a rude, self-aggrandizing old white man, who swears the current president is a Kenyan Muslim. Despite earning 3,000,000 fewer votes than his opponent, the electoral college installs him as president.
His actions are immediately suspect. He lies constantly, and then lies about those lies, even in the face of indisputable facts. This installed leader installs proto-lobbyists in his cabinet – people plucked from the boardrooms of the industries their new office governs. Regulations are immediately removed, foreign influencers pay to stay in his hotels. He is investigated by our trusted agencies, and he publicly demeans these agencies who keep us safe. Journalists investigate, and he brands them fake. Democrats call for accountability, he brands them as angry.
The investigation is completed and summarized, and submitted to the Attorney General of the United States, who then ignores the summaries and provides his own brief opinion, which ignores principal findings.
Records are subpoenaed, witnesses are subpoenaed, and the administration does not comply. The presidency has gone rogue.
You hear all this on the radio, and on the nightly news. It comes up in conversation at work, and when you're out with friends. As a patriotic American, how do you stop it? Your country has been hijacked, a puppet is president – do you put a sign in your yard? Do you fly to Washington and stop by the hardware store on your way to the White House, to pick up a pitchfork & torch?
[I ask this in a past context because social media is not helping us find a solution. When modern conveniences fail, I immediately wonder how this thing was handled beforehand. Nixon cheated within the context of a more-functional government – he did not think to divide the country so completely as Trump has done. Our leaders have chosen party over country, which means this pseudo-coup will continue. How do we fix this?]
[I ask this in a past context because social media is not helping us find a solution. When modern conveniences fail, I immediately wonder how this thing was handled beforehand. Nixon cheated within the context of a more-functional government – he did not think to divide the country so completely as Trump has done. Our leaders have chosen party over country, which means this pseudo-coup will continue. How do we fix this?]
