Donald Trump's allies are panicking about what they say is a potential "coup" being organized by Mitch McConnell against the incoming president. Tucker Carlson, a former Fox News host and far-right hero, took to social media on Saturday to warn his 14.5 million followers about the purported plan...

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Donald Trump allies, including Tucker Carlson and Laura Loomer, are accusing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of orchestrating a “coup” against Trump’s agenda by scheduling early Senate GOP leadership elections.

Carlson, on social media, urged his followers to support Florida Senator Rick Scott as the only candidate aligned with Trump, warning that other candidates oppose Trump’s policies.

Loomer criticized Republicans for not addressing McConnell’s move sooner, suggesting that calls for party “unity” have enabled this alleged attempt to undermine Trump’s incoming administration.

  • stoy
    165·
    4 days ago

    This made me think about a possible third term for Trump, this is without changing the rules.

    Trump completes his next term, then campaigns again, this time for vice president, with a puppet as a running mate.

    The puppet will, shortly after taking office, declare to step down for health reasons and Trump will be president again.

    There is as far as I know, no rule preventing this.

    • Serinus@lemmy.world
      47·
      4 days ago

      The Vice President must be eligible to be president. Obama is not eligible for the VP position.

      • stoy
        11·
        4 days ago

        Huh, I did not know that, thanks!

      • Mnemnosyne@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        5·
        4 days ago

        This is not quite accurate. The vice president must be eligible to be the President, not to be elected President. The 22nd amendment has some very specific language.

        “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.”

        It prevents someone from being elected President, but does not make the person ineligible to be the President since it only restricts that one method of gaining the office. A person can definitely become President through succession even if they have served their full two terms already…at least by the constitution as written.

    • phoneymouse@lemmy.world
      19·
      4 days ago

      You can’t be vice president if you’re not eligible to be president, it’s in the constitution. 12th amendment.

    • WindyRebel@lemmy.world
      6·
      4 days ago

      If they have control of the house, Supreme Court, senate, and presidency then they can just change laws or ratify whatever they want including term limits for president. That’s the way I would see if going.