It appears that nothing says “saving Democracy” like a good old-fashioned military coup. A new survey from the Center for Strategic Politics found that 59 percent of Democrats would favor a military coup to remove President Donald Trump from office. All it took was four years out of power for these Democratic voters to embrace a coup d’état to negate the results of the last election. What is particularly chilling is that many of these voters still portray themselves as defending democracy by calling for a military takeover. It is akin to supporting drive-by shootings to combat gun violence. That is not the only shocker in this survey.According to the Center, roughly six in 10 (59%) Democrats polled said they would feel “very positive” or “somewhat positive” if the US military removed Trump and seized control of the American government.
The vast majority, of course, would be happy if Trump were impeached and removed from office (87%) or ousted by his cabinet via the 25th Amendment (84%).
The survey also shows the same overwhelming support for socialism in the new Democratic Party. What is surprising is the support for public ownership of industries. That includes almost half (46%) supporting public ownership and operation of grocery stores. Almost 40 percent support public ownership and operation of restaurants. (39%).
I have previously said that I do not recognize the current Democratic Party as someone raised in a politically active and liberal Democratic family. I first became estranged from the party over the radical shift from a pro-free speech party to one that supported censorship and speech curtailment.
Despite many who claim that the Democratic Socialists represent a small fraction of the party, these polls show a consistent and growing majority in support of socialism.
The addition of support for a military coup shows the manifestation of a rage addiction in America. Democratic leaders are now calling for trashing core constitutional institutions or values. When some of us criticized moves to pack the Supreme Court, leaders like Kamala Harris and Gavin Newsom accused us of engaging in mere “nostalgia.”
It is the same “nostalgia” that leaves many of us shocked at the support for a military coup. On our 250th anniversary, we face yet again Benjamin Franklin’s warning that this is a Republic if we can keep it.
Jonathan Turley is a law professor who teaches a class on the Constitution and the Supreme Court and is the best-selling author of “Rage and the Republic: The Unfinished Story of the American Revolution.”
Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting for what’s for dinner.
Democrats are building a pretty good case for a military junta deposing them: a hollowed-out military dedicated to losing the next war; fiscal debauchery; open borders nourished by welfare magnets; a transgender in every family; the nastiest flavors of black nationalism setting social policy; factories closed before they can open; opioid dens in every township. What could go wrong?
The abandonment of democracy by Democrats shows a lack of belief in their ideas. If they thought their socialist agenda was attractive to the general public, they would try to persuade the electorate. But since they are afraid of a fair fight, they turn to the politics of personal destruction.
ESTOVIR, if your ideas had any substance, you wouldn’t need to flood these threads with puppets like Mahl. It’s totally unfair to readers who’d like to see ‘genuine’ discussions.
The Greek creators of democracy severely restricted the vote for good reason.
The Romans did the same.
The American Founders severely restricted the vote by state legislatures.
American leaders have failed miserably to appropriately and correctly severely restrict the vote.
There is the chaos of the “dictatorship of the majority” and the “dictatorship of the hired help” without severe restrictions on the vote.
There must be an adult in the room.
There must be corrective action taken before the demise.
Another post to align with the MAGA message of “crazy v. common sense”. Missing from this piece is the number of persons polled, where they were polled and other information needed to verify that the results are accurate.
The New York Post headline is tantalizing. But the think tank referenced has no poll like that. Did the N Y Post just make this up?
Which part of the poll would YOU answer “common sense” ?
If 10% of democrats want a military coup or an assassination -that is a huge problem
You certainly had no problems cheering for the assassination of Kirk or Thompson
Admittedly I tune out polling data, and I tuned out much of the Biden administration, but I don’t recall any polls asking Republicans about Biden dying in his sleep, or being assassinated, or ousted in a military coup. This sure seems like “push polling”. Republicans look at these results and it just reinforces their belief that the Demonrats are insane. Demonrats look at these results and it just reinforces their belief that they are not outliers on the mental health spectrum.
The violence in the poll is remarkable.
Socialism is the politics of greed. Vote for us and we’ll take stuff from those people and give it to you. Don’t bother working hard, just vote.
Turns out the Democratic Socialists of America are really the Democratic Fascists of America.
And too many of the rest are going along with it.
Young, whose behind mass deportations?
When masked federal agents are roaming the streets and yanking people from cars, that’s as close as we’ve ever come to real ‘fascism’.
Bull sh!t
That’s called enforcing immigration law. What part of ILLEGAL Immigrant are you missing?
Fascism was the Biden Administration open border policies allowing criminals into our country, for votes.
8 Ball and Kirk are both Estovir. And the fact that 2 puppets are responding back to back illustrates how Estovir continually warps every comment threads by flooding it with puppets.
ANON is A PSYCHO MORON. Prove I am not Kirk. You can’t so STFU!! Sicko PSYCHO ANON is in love with Estovir!! Did Estovir turn down your advances ANON??
ATS-who cares?
While with near certainty you are wrong. With absolute certainty you are irrelevant.
Shifting the discussion from the issue to the person is one of the stupidest and most common logical fallacies.
It is what people who have no argument do
Did you learn nothing ?
MASS UNVETTED ILLEGALS IMPORTED BY THE DEM PARTY!!
ANSWER: The American Founders
Naturalization Acts of 1790, 1795, 1798, 1802
United States Congress, “An act to establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization,” March 26, 1790
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That any Alien being a free white person, who shall have resided within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States for the term of two years, may be admitted to become a citizen thereof….
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GET UP ON OLDE PAINT AND GET THE —- WHERE YOU AIN’T!
Anonymouse,
ANSWER: The American Founders
Naturalization Acts of 1790, 1795, 1798, 1802
United States Congress, “An act to establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization,” March 26, 1790
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That any Alien being a free white person, who shall have resided within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States for the term of two years, may be admitted to become a citizen thereof….
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GET UP ON OLDE PAINT AND GET THE —- WHERE YOU AIN’T!
They are not yanking”people”from cars-they are removing illegal aliens.
As Laws democrats passed and as supermajorities of people require.
If you area US citizen you have won the lottery of life.
You are not however obligated to dividing your good fortune with everyone else in the world.
The modern left is insane. Period. Mass psychosis. Incompatible with a free society, full stop.
The Greek creators of democracy severely restricted the vote for good reason.
The Romans did the same.
The American Founders severely restricted the vote by state legislatures.
American leaders have failed miserably to appropriately and correctly severely restrict the vote.
There is the chaos of the “dictatorship of the majority” and the “dictatorship of the hired help” without severe restrictions on the vote.
There must be an adult in the room.
There must be corrective action taken before the demise.
Polls: Support For War Plunging
A CNN poll conducted by SSRS of 1,206 U.S. adults nationwide found that support for the war among self-identified Republicans has dropped by more than 10 percentage points since March.
Six months ago, 73 percent of surveyed Republicans approved of Trump’s handling of the conflict, but that number has since dropped to 60 percent.
A Fox News poll of 1,211 registered voters nationwide conducted Sept. 11-14 found that 71 percent of voters think Trump doesn’t have a clear strategy for ending the war.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/6107478-gop-support-iran-war-drops/
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In the last few days a number of news stories claim Republican senatorial candidates are distancing from Trump.
CNN poll?? ha ha ha ha
Which ANON are you?? Number 2?? As in crap
So the poll question is if they “would support the removal of Trump”….wait for the whole question, “Would they would support the removal of Trump…” WAIT! “Would they…” Wait for it! “Would they would support the removal of Trump by military coup?” ok NOW vote in the poll. sheesh.
Very surprised 40% listened to the whole poll question.
In case you missed it among the post heading,summary,and analysis, the poll asked: “If you woke up tomorrow morning and saw the following news headlines, how would you feel?”
never ask a dumbocrat about their “feelings”
Yeah sure dumbocrats, try and get that on the next ballot and you can vote for your coup.
I think a military coup against Pres. Trump is unlikely, and certainly hope that the percentage of generals and colonels (many times when a coup d’etat happens, colonels prove more dangerous to the country’s liberties than generals) is so infinitesimally small that intentions and the conspiracy would be leaked before “action” began. If it happened it would very likely turn our current cold civil war hot, and regardless of the outcome of that, would result in the fall of the United States into a second-rate power or even the Western equivalent of a poor third world $#!†hole. God [said not in vain] save us from an escape of the military from civilian control.
If a group of generals and colonels attempted to stage a coup against any President, I would hope that enough of their subordinates would not only refuse to obey their orders, but would end it by arresting those officers.
Once again, the good professor is just pointing out how what was once a fringe idea, an idea that would of been consider absurd ten, twenty years ago, is gaining popularity in the Democrat party.
And the trolls come out in force in attempts to defect from the topic.
Thing is, this is not just some one off. The good professor has been pointing out the stupid and crazy as Bill Maher has too, for years. It is no longer just some small fringe group. The socialism mind think is gaining popularity. And the means by which they could accomplish socialism in America, is also gaining popularity. We hear them say it. We are hearing even establishment Democrats starting to “consider” it or some other mealy mouth acquiescent to appease this mob.
And now a poll shows a degree of Democrats would support various ways to remove Trump because . . . feelings.
Be careful where this goes Dems. You just might get everything you deserve.
Upstatefarmer, the “trolls” are pointing out how Turley is mischaracterizing the poll to rage-bait MAGA ingoramuses.
There’s a reason why he didn’t link to the poll. Because it does not show what Turley claims it does. He’s relying on MAGA laziness and gullibility to spread some rage against Democrats. Right after an article bearing criticism of Trump. He needs to balance it out so the MAGA rage remains focused on Democrats. Crazy stuff.
There are no MAGA rage.
Just the troll rage.
X.. Upstate Farmer is Estovir, a professional troll.
PSYCHO MORON ANON reply as usual!!
Trolls rage.
Trolls deflect.
Trolls say lots of nothing.
Sally, that’s Estovir.
On any given day, Estovir works very hard to warp these discussions with his brigade of puppets. And today, Trump is counting on the puppets to save him from a coup.
PSYCHO MORON ANON’S DAILY Infatuation of Estovir!! SICKO ANON!!
OK, so YOU post it.
Adams, whose mistress are you?
Another puppet, of course.
PSYCHO ANON
Trolls point out nothing.
Trolls say nothing.
Trolls are useless.
Rather than play stupid games and pretend that the polls are “mischaracterrized” – your favorite word play for – make democrats look bad.
How Would YOU answer those questions.
Would you be happy if Trump was impeached and removed from office tomorow ?
If He was removed via the 25th amendment ?
If he was removed via a military coup ?
If he died of natural causes ?
If he was assassinated ?
Can you honestly say that all of those would not make you ecstatic ?
Why is it MAGA rage baiting to paint YOU as you are ?
I have no idea what the outcome of the upcoming elections will be.
The polls are nearly always off by about 3pts in favor of democrats, BUT this could be the one time they are right, though I doubt it. Much depends on who shows up to vote, and the party in power rarely shows up for mid terms.
It is always easier to enrage those out of power than to get those happy with the status quo to vote.
That is one of many reasons that democracy is a very bad idea – if favors enraged minorities.
But I have zero doubt that whatever power Democrats have in the next term they will use it stupidly.
Fortunately I am not concerned about the upcoming election.
If Democrats do better than predicted – they will still be unable to do more than rant and rave.
And that will not play well for 2028.
John Say,
“I will gladly answer your questions, because your list actually proves how broken your logic is and show you have the same reading comprehension problem every one else here has regarding the poll questions.
Impeached/25th Amendment/Natural causes: Yes, I would support legal, constitutional, or natural transitions of power because Donald Trump’s policies and rhetoric are fundamentally destructive to this country.
Military coup / Assassination: Absolutely not. Unlike you, I actually believe in our system of government. But the question in the poll, the one Turley deliberately mischaracterizes is about the military engaging in a coup if they were doing it to defend the constitution which they swore to protect, would be acceptable even for republicans.
The real kicker in your comment is your big admission: ‘That is one of many reasons that democracy is a very bad idea.’You are accusing me of wanting to overthrow the country, while you are the one explicitly writing that democracy itself is a ‘very bad idea.’ You aren’t defending the Constitution; you’re just mad that a majority of the country doesn’t agree with your politics.
Read the rest of the sentence. The generals removed President Donald Trump from power and assumed control of the United States. That’s not defending the Constitution. That’s replacing it. Liberal Currents, the outlet that sposored the poll, called it a military coup in its own analysis.
And there’s no even for Republicans. The poll surveyed 683 Democrats. Nobody else was asked.
Which is the real problem.
Put safeguard the Constitution in front of a junta and 59% feel good about it. Every strongman in history has used that exact line.
X -= there are myriads of reasons for MAGA to be quietly enraged at the left.
All this poll does is show what idiots you are.
Recent news items:
No kings – fizzled and not grass roots, bought and paid for by left wing billionaires and the CCP.
I though the left hated billionaires and their money ?
I thought the left thought foreign interference in US politics was one of the most vile possible crimes ?
ICE Protests ? Pretty much fizzled too. Also paid for by the same left wing billionaires and the CCP.
The Social Media “affordability” campaign ?
Again paid for by left wing billionaires and the CCP.
And on and on.
You left wing nuts certainly are deep in the pockets of left wing billionaires and the CCP.
That is except when you are getting money from Putin and Russia.
Again I though these were all things you hated ?
Several of these revalations came from ….. New Your Times.
We even have an absolutely hillarious story about left wing nuts verbally pummelling to death the owners and operators of a Trans Bar in New England for the crime of Not requiring N95 masks ONE DAY A WEEK.
The bar is going bankrupt and looking to attack more customers so it can stay opened.
But left wing nuts are so insane they would rather the owners – 3 trans people, who are providing a venue, go bankrupt and see the venue die than allow unmasked people ONE NIGHT A WEEK in 2026.
If you are wearing a mask in 2026 and you are not immuno compromised you are wearing a giant face diaper that says MORON.
And I absolutely 100% completely encourage you to do exactly that so we all know who the morons are.
Regardless there ios PLENTY in the media to reinforce MAGA views that those of you on the left are completely insane.
This is just the example Turley picked today.
He skipped dozens of others.
He will have to skip dozens of other examples tomorow too.
John Say,
You just wrote a giant wall of text proving that your entire worldview is curated by an outrage algorithm.
You are using a localized online fight over an optional mask night at the Last Ditch Bar in Greenfield, MA, to claim that millions of Democrats are ‘insane’. That is a micro-drama involving a handful of people in a town of 17,000. The fact that you are treating it like a national crisis shows exactly how hooked you are on rage-bait.
As for your rants about Neville Roy Singham and CCP dark money—yes, foreign interference and billionaire influence are corrupting. Mainstream voters on the left routinely push to overturn Citizens United and get dark money out of politics entirely. If you think elite-funded activist groups dictate the beliefs of regular voters, you are completely out of touch. Turley feeds you these hyper-specific, fringe examples every day because keeping you ‘quietly enraged’ is highly profitable for him.
And yet Progressives say that Republicans are a “threat to Democracy”. Military coups are the essence of a threat to Democracy.
The dumbocrats have been in fantasizing mode for some time now, but the Military “on their side”?
This poll just proves 60 percent of Democrats are Anti-American and don’t care about our democratic voting system that elected Trump.
FBI agent Fox Mulder is on to something. Is it the midget? Or someone carrying other peoples deformities? As always, don’t speak to anyone without a lawyer.
Yesterday, while greeting Xi Jinping, Trump visibly winced and grimaced as two B-1 bombers flew overhead during the playing of the National Anthem. Trump was saluting as the anthem played, but as the bombers flew overhead he visibly grimaced, clenched his teeth, and turned to look up at the planes while shaking his head. Xi stood motionless, without reaction.
Trump appeared to be very uncomfortable with the noise from the bombers.
Hyperacusis is an abnormal reaction to noises, where the individual feels unusual pain and discomfort when confronted with noises that do not bother other people. Xi and others in the greeting party were unmoved by the noise.
Hyperacusis is one of the most common symptoms of dementia, particularly frontotemporal dementia.
Google this: hyperacusis in dementia
Says the demented ANON!!
Your post is one of the common symptoms of TDS. just sayin.
You’re a freaking moron.
Call us when he forgets where he’s at or blurts out “my butt is wiped”, as that is the new standard for dementia.