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Poll Shows Democratic Appetite for Violence · Check with Chip

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Check with Chip, brought to you by Operation
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  Speaker 1: Blue Dot Red, turning the blue dot red one podcast
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  Speaker 1: at a time. In the 21st century, a conspiracy theory
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  Speaker 1: seems to have become a regular occurrence no matter who
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  Speaker 1: is president and regardless of political party. It appeared during
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  Speaker 1: the presidencies of George W. Bush and Barack Obama, and
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  Speaker 1: it was the subject of a recent article in the
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  Speaker 1: left-wing Atlantic magazine in regard to Donald Trump. The bipartisan
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  Speaker 1: all-purpose conspiracy theory is that the president is worried that
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  Speaker 1: he and his party will not do well in the
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  Speaker 1: approaching election, so he will declare martial law and suspend
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  Speaker 1: the election to maintain his and his party's grip on power. Or,
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  Speaker 1: a president nearing the constitutional end of his tenure will
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  Speaker 1: declare martial law to suspend the election and remain in
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  Speaker 1: power beyond constitutional limit. As I say, this allegation is
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  Speaker 1: becoming a regular feature of the silly season when election
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  Speaker 1: anxiety reaches fever pitch. Here's what's different this time. A
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  Speaker 1: majority of Democrats is willing to turn the tables on
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  Speaker 1: President Trump, beat him to the punch, and support a
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  Speaker 1: military coup to depose him. The Center for Strategic Politics
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  Speaker 1: conducted a poll on presenting multiple scenarios for a premature
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  Speaker 1: end to Trump 47. 43% of Democrats were very positive
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  Speaker 1: on the option of a military coup against the constitutional
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  Speaker 1: commander-in-chief democratically elected by the people. 16% said they were
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  Speaker 1: somewhat positive on that scenario, for a total of 59%
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  Speaker 1: giving a thumbs up, even if grudgingly, to the forcible
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  Speaker 1: removal of Trump from the presidency by the military. 45%
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  Speaker 1: said they would feel very positive about Trump dying in
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  Speaker 1: his sleep, while 23% were very positive about Trump being assassinated.
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  Speaker 1: So that's nearly a quarter of Democrats embracing murder of
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  Speaker 1: a president. Presumably they comprised about half of the 45%,
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  Speaker 1: who would be happy about Trump dying before his current
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  Speaker 1: presidential term is completed. Those are stunning and frightening numbers
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  Speaker 1: of Democrats approving of premature removal of a president by
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  Speaker 1: violent military betrayal or by death. This is what I
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  Speaker 1: meant at the outset of this podcast back in March
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  Speaker 1: when I said the Democratic Party has lurched so far
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  Speaker 1: to the left that there is an opportunity to turn
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  Speaker 1: the blue dot red. Again, nearly half of Democrats were
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  Speaker 1: yes on death before completion of term, with about half
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  Speaker 1: of those endorsing assassination, and well more than half were
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  Speaker 1: yes on a military coup. If you find yourself in
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  Speaker 1: a conversation with a relative or friend or anyone who
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  Speaker 1: shares this positive feeling about political violence and murder toward
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  Speaker 1: a president, Press that person on it. Remember, you might
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  Speaker 1: not change the mind of the extremist, but others following
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  Speaker 1: the conversation may be enlightened by your demonstration of how
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  Speaker 1: unreasonable and dangerous such sentiments are. That's Check with Chip.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Chip Maxwell. Thank you for listening.