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gonzoflip | 1 year ago

How is the executive branch directing a department under their authority a coup? Please be specific.

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anigbrowl|1 year ago

Because they're simply upending/ignoring Congressional mandates in the form of law. For example, Congress directed the creation of USAID as an independent agency in 1961. It cannot simply be abolished by executive fiat.

Hizonner|1 year ago

Actually in 1961 it was purely an executive thing. I think it was either 1978 or 1998 when Congress put it into statute.

gonzoflip|1 year ago

>abolished

That doesn't seem to have happened, it looks like Rubio is now in charge of it. So again, how is this a coup?