(Joshua Roberts/Reuters)In 1991, a private investigator named Len Colodny published “Silent Coup,” a sprawling revisionist history of the Watergate affair. The Washington Post at the time blasted its “wild charges and vilifications,” and the New York Times said it showed a “stunning ignorance” of how government operated. Nevertheless, “Silent Coup” reached No. The term “silent coup” has been invoked on the right repeatedly in extreme accusations against Obama. “We’ve had a silent coup in this country.”On Thursday, Levin returned to the “silent coup” theme during his evening show, arguing that the Obama administration had orchestrated a “silent coup” against President Trump.

Source: Washington Post March 06, 2017 13:16 UTC