about conversations he had with the russian ambassador. trump pardon on his way out the door after flynn pled pleaded pled guilty to lying to the fbi. michael flynn who himself was promoted elements of the qanon conspiracy theory appeared at the event of the qanon slogan when an attendee at the event asked, got up and asked the retired general, a decorate general, right? a guy who was the highest of the u.s. defense system. got up and asked why the u.s. cannot have a military coup like myanmar. this is how mr. flynn responded. i want to know why what s happened in myanmar can t happen here? [applause] no reason. i mean, it should happen here. that s right. you hear the crowd. the wild glee, right?
that s right. you hear the crowd, the wild glee, right? now, to be clear, you probably know this at some level, following it perhaps. there s a military coup in myanmar. it s resulted in a brutal crackdown of protesters as the new york times reports has so far left thousands injured, more than 600 dead. many killed have been young protesters, their lives ended with a single gunshot to the head. after the fact, flynn posted a statement on social media saying in part, quote, let me be very clear. there is no reason whatsoever for any coup in america. i do not and have not at any time called for any action of that sort. he just said it we saw it. we saw you say it, the same way we saw you, louie gohmert, at the event. he said it on video. now he s trying to tell us he did not say what we heard him say. in this effort of his and his fellow travelers to this is part of the dangerous, delusional, almost sad frankly alternate reality that donald trump s foot soldiers are out