{"id":53926,"date":"2022-07-25T13:05:22","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T20:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=53926"},"modified":"2022-07-25T16:52:09","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T23:52:09","slug":"fox-news-hacks-deranged-defense-of-trumps-insurrection-and-coup-plot-backfires-bigly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=53926","title":{"rendered":"Fox News Hack’s Deranged Defense of Trump’s Insurrection and Coup Plot Backfires Bigly"},"content":{"rendered":"

For more than a year and an half, Fox News has been propping up Donald Trump and his “Big Lie”<\/em> that the 2020 election was “rigged”<\/em> and “stolen”<\/em> from him. All of their Trump-fluffing hosts, contributors, and guests, have participated in the deceit that has driven the nation apart and led to the deadly insurrection on January 6th, 2021.<\/p>\n

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Among the most pernicious of Trump’s accessories to sedition is weekend host, Mark Levin. He’s allegedly a lawyer once served as chief of staff to Edwin Meese, Ronald Reagan’s disgraced Attorney General. On the latest episode of his lie-cast, Levin lashed out at the House Select Committee investigating the January 6th insurrection. The premise of this harangue centered on his contention that there was no insurrection at all. Never mind all the video of hundreds of StormTrumpers assaulting Congress as they tried to carry out their constitutional duties to certify the election. But distorting legal arguments is nothing new for Levin.<\/p>\n

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Levin’s argument rested on his twisted definition of the word “insurrection.”<\/em> He clearly doesn’t know what he’s talking about or, more likely, is deliberately mangling the language to disinform his dimwitted viewers (video below)<\/em>. He began…<\/p>\n

“If Donald Trump were seriously interested in an insurrection, he would have issued a video, and his video wouldn\u2019t have said what it said. His video would have been a call to arms, right? To leading an insurrection.<\/p>\n

He would have called everybody who could hear his voice to come to the Capitol armed, armed, to take over the Capitol building. He would have called out the United States military, whether they would respond or not, to come to the Capitol building, encircle it, arrest the Vice President, and arrest other officials, members of Congress. That\u2019s an insurrection. He would have declared martial law. That\u2019s an insurrection. He didn\u2019t do any of those things. As a matter fact, He didn’t do any of the things people told him he might want to do in order to, quote\/unquote, ‘hold onto the presidency.'”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

First of all, Trump actually did issue a “call to arms,”<\/em> when he told his cult followers that they had to “fight like hell,”<\/em> or they “wouldn’t have a country anymore.”<\/em> He then told his Deplorable Army – who, according to the aide to his own chief of staff, he knew were armed – to march to the Capitol, even promising that he would be marching with them. And while he didn’t order the arrest of Mike Pence, he did agree that he deserved to be hanged.<\/p>\n

Levin also implied that the reason Trump “didn\u2019t do any of those things”<\/em> that would keep him in power was because that wasn’t his intention. To the contrary, Trump did try to orchestrate a coup, but the people he needed for it to succeed refused to go along with it. So far Levin’s argument is a total bust. But he was just getting started. He continued with a question that was surprisingly fitting, although not for any reason he might have been thinking:<\/p>\n

“What am I talking about? He didn\u2019t send out the military to get voting machines, as some have suggested. He didn\u2019t send out the Department of Homeland Security to get drop boxes, as some have suggested. He didn’t fire the Attorney General or the acting Attorney General, as some have suggested. He didn’t appoint a special counsel, as some have suggested. He didn\u2019t do any of it.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here is where Levin’s loopy lecture went completely off the rails. Virtually everything he said was a lie. Also, he is not describing an insurrection here. He is describing a coup. Of course, Trump is guilty of attempting both. In this case, however, Trump actually did seek to “send out the military to get voting machines.”<\/em> He did try to have federal agencies “get drop boxes.”<\/em> He did plan to “fire the Attorney General or the acting Attorney General,”<\/em> and replace him with a corrupt crony. He did want his crackpot lawyer, Sydney Powell, to be “appoint[ed] special counsel”<\/em> He did all of that.<\/p>\n

What’s more, Levin left out entirely that Trump also pressured state election officials in Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, etc., to “find votes”<\/em> for him. And he sought to replace legitimate electors with Trump supporters. And for more than three hours Trump failed to take any action to halt the insurrection that was in progress on Capitol Hill. Instead, he was watching it on Fox News and cheering them on.<\/p>\n

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Trump’s treachery is well documented. And Levin’s tirade did nothing but affirm his anti-democratic criminality. In fact, the points raised by Levin make a strong case for indicting Trump and his crime syndicate. Even the newspapers owned by Fox News magnate, Rupert Murdoch, are saying that Trump is “unworthy”<\/em> to serve as president again<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Fox News itself has yet to be so explicit in their criticism. But anchor Bret Baier did comment<\/a><\/strong> on how the House Committee’s work is playing out, saying that “Laying out all these 187 minutes makes him look horrific.”<\/em> However, Baier is a little late. Most Americans had noticed the horror of Donald Trump a long time ago.<\/p>\n

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Levin says if Trump was leading an insurrection, he would\u2019ve ordered the military to arrest Mike Pence and members of Congress. pic.twitter.com\/9lWoz4e5gh<\/a><\/p>\n

— Acyn (@Acyn) July 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n