Chuck Grassley Argues On The Senate Floor That Trump Has A Right To Plot A Coup

[babylonsister]

https://www.politicususa.com/2021/08/09/chuck-grassley-argues-on-the-senate-floor-that-trump-has-a-right-to-plot-a-coup.html

Posted on Mon, Aug 9th, 2021 by Jason Easley
Chuck Grassley Argues On The Senate Floor That Trump Has A Right To Plot A Coup


Standing on the same ground that was attacked on 1/6, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) claimed on the Senate floor that Trump has a right to plot a coup.

Chuck Grassley Called Trump’s Coup Plot A Robust Discussion With His Advisors

Aaron Rupar
@atrupar
"The president has every right to discuss ideas & strategies with his closest advisors ... for robust discussion" -- Grassley is talking here about Trump's attempts to scheme with the DOJ to overthrow a free and fair election https://t.co/JjItHbsW99

Grassley said, “The President has every right to discuss ideas and strategies with his closest advisers, whether that president is Democrat(ic) or Republican should feel unrestrained to bring ideas to his closest staff for robust discussion. Eventually, the facts will come out, and Trump will have to address them, good or bad depending on the facts at hand. However, the essential question that should be asked is, what was the final decision? And that is my major concern about the recent public comments coming out of these interviews I’ve discussed.”

Chuck Grassley Seems To Be Saying That It Is Fine To Plot A Coup As Long As A President Doesn’t Do It.

Sen. Grassley seemed to be suggesting that plotting a coup is just “locker room talk.” Unless the government is actually overthrown, then it is no harm, no foul.

The problem is that the 1/6 attack was more than talk. Trump funded the rally, his White House communicated and coordinated with the attackers, and he incited the attack.

Trump’s talk of trying to force the DOJ to overturn the election is part of a broader plot. His pressure on the DOJ and the 1/6 attack are part of the same thread, and no Sen. Grassley, presidents do not get to plot coups after they lose elections.

That’s not democracy. That’s authoritarianism.

[BeckyDem]

1. I was hoping this was from The Onion.

[Progressive Jones]

24. Nope. Flyover Country's finest. And they wonder why they're ridiculed. nt

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Hey Chuck, here's the definition of sedition, which is a federal crime.

Sedition is overt conduct, such as speech and organization, that tends toward rebellion against the established order. Sedition often includes subversion of a constitution and incitement of discontent toward, or insurrection against, established authority. ... Seditious words in writing are seditious libel.

[abqtommy]

3. I'll just add Chuck "Up" Grass-ass-ley to my list of trasonous traitors and recommend that he

be given living space at Gitmo right next to Former Orange Lardo.

[MyOwnPeace]

6. Sorry, but there's WAY too many

who will be fighting to be closer - and well deserved......

[Eliot Rosewater]

4. I kept saying it was over to get people to pay attention. Now it probably is.

I believe the GOP will refuse to certify any election they lose from here on in.

[bluestarone]

8. I hear ya! AND

AGREE 100% They are out to DESTROY this country. 170 QTHUGS in the house right now PROVES YOUR POINT!! (in my books)

[Eliot Rosewater]

10. And there is now more than enough evidence to indict trump, if it was a democrat the indictment

would be done already.

Unfortunately he wont be indicted because in America the media will NOT allow it.

They will make it impossible so that any party or DOJ that did indict him would be attacked constantly by the media and the right
and the media and right would completely delegitimize them etc.


We let them get away with calling the media liberal, this is our fault, the nations fault.

[Elessar Zappa]

27. Nothing's over.

We’ve been through much worse as a nation and we survived and improved. We weren’t even a democracy until the 60s when the Voting Rights bill was passed. We’ll get through this.

[Eliot Rosewater]

28. I love the optimism but the gop is no longer a political party. They are not going

to obey the law, they are not going to certify any election they lose, etc.

[brush]

5. Time to put Ol' Chuck out to pasture. His reasonings skills have diminished...

past their expiration date.

[MyOwnPeace]

7. Yep! Time to go graze on the

green, green Grass-ley of home............ (sorry, couldn't pass it up!)

[Brother Mythos]

9. I'll bet this traitor actually thinks he's a true American patriot.

[rurallib]

11. Imay need to come back to this one - Thanks

[displacedtexan]

12. Sounds like a "Just locker room talk" rehash.

They’re nothing if not predictable.

[dianaredwing]

13. The problem is

that people were killed. Property was destroyed. This wasn't some god damned rehearsal for a reality television show. What the f..k is wrong with people?

[Cha]

15. trump is a Treasonous Loser.. Fuck NO

he had no rights to incite a Deadly Domestic Terrorist Insurrection

[multigraincracker]

16. Isn't he past his

expiration date?

[monkeyman1]

17. he pull this out of TFG's fat ass. he is not that smart !!

[spanone]

18. go home chuck. worms are corkscrewing in your brain.

...and on your way, explain how people died from 'locker room talk'

[BradAllison]

19. He's running again

This is what that party does.

[Poiuyt]

20. Sounds like sedition to me:

Under federal law, sedition occurs when two or more persons conspire to commit certain actions against the United States (U.S.) government. The conspiracy to commit such acts is sedition, whether or not the actions are actually attempted or carried out.

conspiring to take down, overthrow or destroy by force the U.S. government
levying war against the U.S. government
opposing the authority of the U.S. government by force
hindering, delaying or preventing any U.S. law from being carried out
taking, seizing or possessing U.S. government property via force

[slightlv]

21. Sounds like

someone's trying desperately to cover his own butt. Gods, I'd have figured he'd have been too old for any of that foolishness. I never liked him as a politician, but I at least used to have a modicum of respect for him. No more now... ya done burnt that bridge, old feller. Might as well go off and retire on a farm somewhere...

[area51]

22. Hard to have respect for someone

who was against the public option in the ACA.

[Lord Ludd]

23. Aaron Rupar's correction of Grassley ('Democrat(ic)') is wrong

When used as a noun, as is the case here, 'Democrat' is correct.

[Harker]

25. I think the word is "conspiracy." n/t

[Paper Roses]

26. Sometimes I have trouble digesting what I read.

The right to stage a coup? Beyond comprehension.

[BradBo]

29. Wow, Grassley is just so freaking racist.

[Stuart G]

30. Kick for all to see....Thank You For Posting This Article..no text..

[moondust]

31. At least one Dem running for his seat.

Abby Finkenauer

[argyl]

32. This guys got to go. He's 87 years old and looks to be in his mid nineties.

He's been a Senator since 1980 and will have served for 42 years when his term expires in 2022.
And he's talking about running for re-election in 2022. That'd make him 94 should be win again. Hell, run in 2028, Chuckie. You'd be a 100 year old US Senator. That is just beyond ridiculous.

Just his defense of The Dotard's coup plotting should at the least get him out of office and hopefully jail.
I don't give a fuck how old he is.