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Framing the federal government as ‘illegitimate’
In his comments, former State Department official John Mongan reported earlier contacts with the governors of Massachusetts, California, and Illinois. Massachusetts declined involvement, while California and Illinois expressed interest if another state took the lead. Mongan emphasized the value of advance planning so that governors could isolate what the group views as illegitimate federal actors and continue governing “at least parts of the country, in the absence of a functioning federal government.” He clarified that this model “is not a concept for a secession. No one is talking about leaving the United States.”

Obtained documents outline specific conditions which will be construed as the federal government crossing into “illegitimacy,” including manipulated or suppressed elections, a sitting executive preventing a successor from assuming power, a legislature populated through intimidation or exclusion of certified members, defiance of court orders or intimidation of judges, and the deployment of military, federalized National Guard, or federal law enforcement against voters, election officials, political opponents, the press, or peaceful assembly in ways that make democratic participation impossible.

DataRepublican offers a “translation” of “these criteria in plain English” proposing how they may be practically implemented: investigations into election fraud, delays related to disputed election results, Republican electoral success, actions against “activist judges,” or security responses to protests can be framed as rendering the government “illegitimate.”
Laura Ingraham: Toppling the Constitution to ironically ‘restore democracy’

Amplifying many of these concerns was Fox News host Laura Ingraham who, on her Wednesday night program, summarized how this strategy may unfold. She said that if the “radical left” is able to mobilize huge numbers of protestors in streets across the nation, President Trump “will decide to invoke the Insurrection Act, which allows him to deploy the US military for domestic law enforcement.” Activists will then claim widespread abuses as the military struggles to restore law and order. Then the press will collaborate with activists amplifying their wild claims with video snippets on social media. Then blue state governors—this is their dream—seeing the chaos will unite to try to override federal authority, take over federal functions, and eventually even rewrite our Constitution or just dissolve it all together. And all actions taken are always going to be justified… with the fake goal of their ‘restoring democracy.’

Ingraham goes on to note that this is “being openly discussed among top former staffers of Obama and Biden, former government employees of agencies like USAID and of course community organizers,” and quotes Reiff in a clip stating: “we’re going to have to, if we want to live in peace and deeper democracy, reform our legal frameworks to foster collaboration across divides and unity and diversity.”
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