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Trump Announces Press Conference to Prove Election Was Stolen – Rolling Stone (www.rollingstone.com)

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Donald Trump announced plans to hold a press conference next week to present a "conclusive report" proving that the 2020 election in Georgia was rigged. This comes after Trump was recently indicted by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis for attempting to overturn the election results in Georgia. Trump claims the report will show election fraud and lead to "a complete exoneration" of all charges against him. However, critics argue it has been over two years since the election and Trump has not previously provided evidence of widespread fraud. The announcement also comes just hours after Trump lashed out at Willis for indicting him now rather than earlier. It remains to be seen whether Trump's promised report will actually contain new evidence that could substantively challenge the prior investigations.

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[–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 37 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

We’re literally watching a civil war / military takeover in realtime getting set.

No way. The American brass (i.e., military leadership) is well aware of these games and can see right through them. They're not going to move against Biden, certainly not for Trump.

If this becomes a civil war, it will end very very quickly. I guarantee the National Guard, FBI, CIA, NSA, Homeland, and the collective US armed forces have made to plans for the coming weeks/months and are paying very close attention.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My concern is that your general army grunt is not a great thinker and tends to be quite pro-Trump to begin with. How are they going to act if they think that they have been asked to oppress him?

This is why right wing ideology needs to be targeted as soon as it appears because it's like a disease that infects weak-minded people.

Think about the capital riots and how some of the police officers were accused of basically letting the rioters in...

[–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 2 points 1 year ago

I think this article would be a good read: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/11/05/what-happened-members-of-military-accused-of-storming-capitol-january-6.html

I guess what I'll say is, that's a valid concern, but they've been working on it. Keep in mind, there may have been a lot of folks compelled to go, but there were a lot more that had absolutely nothing to do with it.

Kind of related, there may have been police there, but police officers as a whole have gotten the job done investigating and processing Trump.

[–] banana_havoc@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Based on my experience with the navy, it seemed like all the lowest rungs of the ladder are 18 year olds who barely care about their own jobs, let alone politics. You'd see fox news in the chiefs mess but surprisingly little demagoguery below e-3.