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Gore1FL

(21,132 posts)
Thu Feb 10, 2022, 08:52 PM Feb 2022

When did the GOP Coup begin, in reality? [View all]

I was thinking about this. People keep warning the coup is still on going. I believe it is. When did it start, though? Looking back, I see some possibilities. In my mind, as I look back, I feel like this has been smoldering for a good while. I am interested in the thoughts of others.


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1968 Nixon/Vietnam
2 (5%)
1972 Nixon/Watergate
1 (3%)
1994 Newt Gingrich (in general, but including the later impeachment)
24 (63%)
2000 Bush v Gore
5 (13%)
2016 Trump/Russian Interference
0 (0%)
2021 The January 6th attack on the capitol
0 (0%)
Other Time/incident?
6 (16%)
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Bill Clinton's impeachment was payback for watergate. Swede Feb 2022 #1
Mostly Newt zipplewrath Feb 2022 #2
I give him credit, too. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2022 #7
One of your choices should be Ronald Reagan FakeNoose Feb 2022 #3
yup I was looking for him as a choice. Akacia Feb 2022 #6
Reagan: "Government is the problem" Auggie Feb 2022 #16
Yes! Silver Swan Feb 2022 #18
Those four words destroyed the social agenda Auggie Feb 2022 #21
Oh, yeah... THAT 😬 electric_blue68 Feb 2022 #25
The sneaky shit JustAnotherGen Feb 2022 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author Akacia Feb 2022 #4
I went with newt, but arguably, 10/7/1996. unblock Feb 2022 #5
Gotta go with Bush v. Gore radicalleft Feb 2022 #8
When the country club party sold out to vulgar movement conservatives and Christian evangelicals. betsuni Feb 2022 #9
The election of Reagan! Enter stage left Feb 2022 #10
When this country was founded. I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2022 #11
It started after Clinton won in '92 and went into overdrive when Obama won in '08. LonePirate Feb 2022 #12
Well said, too. electric_blue68 Feb 2022 #26
The day Bill Clinton became President. William769 Feb 2022 #13
Newt Stinky The Clown Feb 2022 #14
Ronald "Meat Puppet" Reagan. hunter Feb 2022 #15
They've been on this precise trajectory since the one-two combo of Limbaugh and Gingrich... JHB Feb 2022 #17
When they lost the Civil War and have paid the country back in spades. LakeArenal Feb 2022 #20
This CMYK Feb 2022 #23
1980. Iggo Feb 2022 #22
Right after their crushing defeat with Goldwater in 1964. That is when they they first started to Celerity Feb 2022 #24
Reagan moondust Feb 2022 #27
How could you have left out Reagan 1980? Polybius Feb 2022 #28
At least since the 90s inwiththenew Feb 2022 #29
1987. when Reagan's FCC abolished the Fairness Doctrine Spider Jerusalem Feb 2022 #30
Why isn't Reagan a choice? myccrider Feb 2022 #31
Powell Memo, August 23, 1971 Efilroft Sul Feb 2022 #32
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