J.D. Vance has joined the chorus of conservatives who have begun claiming that President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race constitutes a so-called “coup” in the Democratic Party.

In an interview filmed on Saturday with Fox News’s Jesse Watters, a clip of which aired on Fox & Friends Monday morning, Watters asked former President Donald Trump and his newly minted running mate, Vance, the new question plaguing Republicans: “Is it a coup against Joe Biden?” Both of them fumbled their answers.

“Uh, sort of,” Trump said unsure, looking over to Vance for explanation.

  • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    They’re trying to launder out the word ‘coup’ so it can’t be used to describe their insurrection.

    In a similar fashion, ‘literally’ now means its exact opposite, according to dictionaries like the one that broke English.