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Trump’s 2020 Coup Failures Could Be 2024 Successes

HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES - 2021/11/09: Pennsylvania State Senator Doug Mastriano (R - Franklin County) speaks during the "Medical Freedom Rally" on the steps of the Pennsylvania State Capitol. About 10... HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES - 2021/11/09: Pennsylvania State Senator Doug Mastriano (R - Franklin County) speaks during the "Medical Freedom Rally" on the steps of the Pennsylvania State Capitol. About 100 people attended the rally opposing vaccine mandates which was organized by Doug Mastriano, a Republican candidate for Pennsylvania governor. (Photo by Paul Weaver/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) MORE LESS
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May 12, 2022 2:31 p.m.

Donald Trump’s 2020 coup-plotting crew wasn’t exactly an A-Team: You had Rudy Giuliani reaching peak incoherence, Sidney Powell seemingly taking strategic advice from online message boards, the ex-Overstock.com CEO shuttling operatives around the country in a private jet… it was a mess. 

And yet: They got pretty close.

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