Yes, a Coup Can Happen in America (It Already Has)
Americans don’t have to look overseas for antecedents of political coups. They can look at the Oklahoma State Capitol in 1923.
The governor orders the National Guard to string barbed wire around the capitol building and take up defensive positions with machine guns.
The Ku Klux Klan, after a campaign of terror against the governor’s supporters, calls for his ouster. The governor promises to pardon anyone who shoots a klansman.
No, this is not some
The Plot Against America-style alternative history on Netflix. It is the scene-setting for an actual coup d’etat in the American heartland in the 1920s.
While often quiet or muzzled, calls for Oklahoma elected officials to be removed from their positions can be found in small corners of the internet. But they have little chance
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