DoD officials tell NYT Pelosi Floated ‘MILITARY COUP’ Against Trump, Even VOX Called Her ‘DANGEROUS’

JAN. 9, 2021 1:03 PM BY FRED T

A little tidbit that got missed by cable news this week was buried in a New York Times article, detailing the fact that she actually spoke to the DoD about how THEY might intervene in preventing Trump’s access to nuclear codes or even remove him from office.

There are words for when one part of government attempts to remove another part through military force.

Here’s the relevant portion of the NYT article, via Instapundit.

In a letter to House Democrats on Friday, Ms. Pelosi invoked the resignation of Richard M. Nixon amid the Watergate scandal, when Republicans prevailed upon the president to resign and avoid the ignominy of an impeachment, calling Mr. Trump’s actions a “horrific assault on our democracy.”

Ms. Pelosi also said she had spoken with Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, about “preventing an unstable president from initiating military hostilities or accessing the launch codes.”

A spokesman for General Milley, Col. Dave Butler, confirmed that the two had spoken and said the general had “answered her questions regarding the process of nuclear command authority.”

But some Defense Department officials have privately expressed anger that political leaders seemed to be trying to get the Pentagon to do the work of Congress and Cabinet secretaries, who have legal options to remove a president.

Mr. Trump, they noted, is still the commander in chief, and unless he is removed, the military is bound to follow his lawful orders. While military officials can refuse to carry out orders they view as illegal, they cannot proactively remove the president from the chain of command. That would be a military coup, these officials said.

“That would be a military coup, these officials said.”

Well the military is saying it would be a coup. That’s kind of a big deal don’t you think?

That bit about nuclear codes is a REALLY big deal. Even ultra-left-wing VOX thinks it was over the line.

“Nancy Pelosi has reached out to the US military about taking away President Trump’s nuclear authority,” writes Vox. “She’s playing a dangerous game with America’s national security.”

Yep. The Vox writers say Pelosi is “playing with literal fire” because having other countries understand that the United States “can obliterate a country no matter what, even if the US is attacked with nukes itself, will prevent a country from ever trying it.”

Deterrence. It’s a bedrock concept of our national defense.

“But if the president has to stop and ask a whole bunch of other people for approval first before ordering a nuclear strike, or if there’s any confusion about who actually has the authority to do so, that could slow things down to the point that the US’s ability to respond quickly before it’s destroyed in a massive nuclear attack could disappear,” says Vox.

So the military says Pelosi wanted a literal coup and even VOX said she’s harming our national security.

SO WHERE’S YOUR OUTRAGE JAKE TAPPER? WHERE’S YOUR HAND-WRINGING BRIAN STELTER?