A former federal judge named Michael Luttig claims Donald Trump will launch a huge coup next year. This warning appeared in The New Republic late last week. The magazine says Trump will block Democrats from holding seats in Congress. When the 120th Congress convenes on January 3 to determine seated members-elect, Luttig states House Republicans will likely assert the midterm elections were stolen from them.
He says Speaker Mike Johnson will fire the clerk and replace him with a loyalist. Then this new clerk refuses to list Democrat representatives on the official roll. The Federalist’s Chris Bray observes that Luttig merely composed a description of upcoming events based on because-I-said-so before publication. There is no proof of any such plan.
While opponents invent fake coups, voters are skeptical about a real money promise. Trump said he would send eligible Americans $5,000 checks if Republicans keep their majorities. Last week in Dallas, he delivered this pitch at the Republican National Committee’s midterm convention.. Fox News reports that voters remain unconvinced President Donald Trump will fulfill his new pledge to issue $5,000 dividend checks to eligible Americans.
Many citizens point to the 40.1 trillion dollar national debt as a reason the plan will fail. One voter named William told Fox News Digital he doubts it will happen. “Personally, I think it’s just a publicity stunt and I don’t think that it’s ever gonna happen,” William said. He added that it must go through Congress first.
The proposal faces a huge financial hurdle that opponents ignore. Trump argues the checks would come from tariff revenue. While the president claimed tariff revenue would fund the checks, the roughly $1.2 trillion cost far surpasses the record customs duties collected under Trump’s tariff agenda.
Voters like Daniel from Maryland questioned if the government could afford it. “I don’t think we have the money for that,” he said. For sure, it ought to head to a few other spots if we did, in my view. Another voter called the idea “absolute nonsense” and said she does not believe a word Trump says.
We have seen this panic before. The Huffington Post warned of a final election after 2016. Ten years later, birth control is still legal. A complete ten years of this media psychosis in casual form have now elapsed, Chris Bray points out. These outlets keep making up fake stories to scare people.
You know the difference between a real plan and a fantasy. The fake coup has no evidence. The real money plan has a massive price tag that needs Congress. Don’t let the left sell you a story about a crisis that doesn’t exist. Focus on the facts in front of you and ignore the noise.
