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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Sam Levine and Rachel Leingang

Republicans claim a ‘coup’ attempt to delegitimize Kamala Harris’s candidacy

a composite image of Donald Trump and Kamala Harris
A Republican effort to help fuel the perception the election process isn’t legitimate is already under way. Composite: AP, EPA

Speaking on the sidelines of the Republican national convention last week, Chris LaCivita, one of Donald Trump’s campaign managers, repeatedly used an incendiary word to describe the pressure campaign to get Joe Biden to withdraw from the presidential race. Those efforts, he said, were a “coup”.

“This is nothing more than an attempted coup by the Democratic party,” he said. “They are actively engaged in an attempt – in my view and a lot of people share this view – in deposing the president of the United States.”

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