Neither is reality apparently.

So make part of the negotiations with the Democrats to support him when they try to remove him as speaker. It's simple.

And you think in a real coup planned by people who are competent that the president elect would have just been left alone?

Yeah, and history shows that "structural relief" is going to be a small fine.

What precise actions do you think would be taken if a sitting president successfully murders the president elect and the opposition party, and for that matter any judges who disagree with him.

I'd be interested in hearing how you think that plays out in reality opposed to this "just world" you seem to imagine yourself living in.

Sure. If they lost the takeover attempt.

But there's no magical authority that makes the election results matter. Coups happen all the time, and if they came correct and won, what then?

Saddam Hussein seized power by essentially doing this. If they'd gone in, captured Congress and executed anyone who disagreed that's pretty much game over. I'm convinced the only reason we're not in a full civil war today is that Trump was too lazy to lead the march over to the Capitol.

More than reasonable.

Oooh. Someone's getting a 0.001% fine to continue business as usual. Juicy.

Hey man I want Moderate Republicans to exist as much as the next person, but you may as well be hoping for a fucking unicorn or leprechaun at this point.

That's pretty fucked up man.

Moderate Republicans?

Doubt.