The Cuckoo Coup: Donald Trump, Jr., Edition

Of course, the chip off the old blockhead -- forever searching in vain for daddy's love and approval -- would be actively involved in the coup plotting early on, and would helpfully memorialize it in a text message, now in the possession of the January 6 committee:

Two days after the 2020 presidential election, as votes were still being tallied, Donald Trump's eldest son texted then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows that "we have operational control" to ensure his father would get a second term, with Republican majorities in the US Senate and swing state legislatures, CNN has learned.

In the text, which has not been previously reported, Donald Trump Jr. lays out ideas for keeping his father in power by subverting the Electoral College process, according to the message reviewed by CNN. The text is among records obtained by the House select committee investigating January 6, 2021.

 

"It's very simple," Trump Jr. texted to Meadows on November 5, adding later in the same missive: "We have multiple paths We control them all."

Simple is a term that always comes to mind when Junior is involved.  Of his many failures, Junior might be the Malignant Loser's biggest.

Keep in mind, this is all being planned before President Biden's win had even been declared:

The November 5 text message outlines a strategy that is nearly identical to what allies of the former President attempted to carry out in the months that followed. Trump Jr. makes specific reference to filing lawsuits and advocating recounts to prevent certain swing states from certifying their results, as well as having a handful of Republican state houses put forward slates of fake "Trump electors."

 

If all that failed, according to the Trump Jr. text, GOP lawmakers in Congress could simply vote to reinstall Trump as President on January 6.

 

"We have operational control Total leverage," the message reads. "Moral High Ground POTUS must start 2nd term now."

 

The text from Trump Jr. is revealing on a number of levels. It shows how those closest to the former President were already exchanging ideas for how to overturn the election months before the January 6 insurrection -- and before all the votes were even counted. It would be another two days before major news outlets declared Joe Biden the winner on November 7. 

 

("Moral High Ground POTUS."  Never heard the ultra- corrupt pussy-grabber described that way before.  Surprised Junior didn't spontaneously combust when he tapped that out.)

 

The article goes on to detail how the Malignant Loser, his loser eldest son, and other coup plotters would use lawsuits, demands for recounts, fake electors, and ultimately try to overturn the results of the election on January 6 through insurrectionists storming the Capitol and stopping the proceedings.  Junior also counseled Meadows to fire FBI Director Christopher Wray and install Malignant Loser loyalist Ric Grenell, the better to control the Federal law enforcement apparatus.

What might this mean for Junior and his fellow cuckoo coup plotters?  

What this makes clear is that Jan. 6 was not based on a belief, good faith or otherwise, that the outcome of the 2020 election was decided incorrectly — they were plotting this before the votes had even been counted! The coup was the plan from the get-go https://t.co/V4QfLlqxtM

— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) April 8, 2022

 

“The text from Trump Jr. shows how those closest to the former President were already exchanging ideas for how to overturn the election months before the January 6 insurrection -- and before all the votes were even counted.” This text is a smoking rifle.https://t.co/H48wIiAt3k

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) April 8, 2022

 

Lock him up!  Lock him up!

(Photo: Junior / Eric Gay, AP)