MSNBC Host Insists the US Is ‘In the Midst of a Rolling Coup’
MSNBC’s Mehdi Hasan says the United States is still in the midst of a “coup” as he insists Republicans would try to block the certification of a Democratic presidential victory in 2024. On Sunday, Hasan said, “Nine…
MSNBC’s Mehdi Hasan says the United States is still in the midst of a “coup” as he insists Republicans would try to block the certification of a Democratic presidential victory in 2024.
On Sunday, Hasan said, “Nine months after the storming of the United States Capitol, the attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election is still underway. We are in the midst of a rolling coup.”
“Almost everyday, Republicans pass more voter suppression laws. They purge more and more election officials and they entrench the ‘big lie’ that the election was stolen,” he continued.
He went on to play several videos of Republican lawmakers and former President Donald Trump suggesting that there was widespread fraud in the 2020 election and that there could be fraud in upcoming elections.
“It’s the words of GOP Congressman Steve Scalise there that are the most chilling to me. He’s carefully foreshadowing what the GOP position is likely to be come 2024. Not just election fraud, but making sure that Republican state legislatures will have the power to pick each slate of presidential electors, never mind voters and their pesky, you know, votes in a democracy. The Republicans want to unilaterally decide who runs the country. It’s all about election subversion now,” Hasan continued.
Finally, he said, “Mark my words, if Donald Trump is the 2024 Republican presidential nominee and Republicans control the House of Representatives, they will not certify a Democratic victory in 2024.