Trump's reported martial law musings have even some conservatives alarmed

Trump's reported martial law musings have even some conservatives alarmed
December 21, 2020
"In this instance, all that is preserving the Constitution is the military's fidelity to the rule of law," Max Boot writes in
The Washington Post in reference to reports that President Trump has at least discussed the possibility of declaring martial law and seizing voting machines with his former national security adviser Michael Flynn and controversial attorney Sidney Powell in hopes of overturning the presidential election results.
Boot, who considered himself a conservative pre-Trump, acknowledged neither scenario is likely to be realized, but he argues simply talking about the ideas marks a "new low" for Trump. "Never before the in U.S. history has there been a record of a president discussing a military coup to stay in office," he wrote.

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