Response to Journal Inquirer Editorial of 02-10-2021
A slightly altered version of this commentary appeared in the post comments section titled, "Washington had no 'coup' but Connecticut had one." https://www.journalinquirer.com/opinion/chris_powell/washington-had-no-coup-but-connecticut-had-one/article_8fa9ce52-6bc0-11eb-9cdc-3f0bd99ecd5b.html As so often the case with your pieces, I am both amused and dismayed by your casual dismissal of Trump's efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential elections by a range of legal and not-so-legal means, while identifying the “real” coup with Gov. Lamont's extension of his emergency powers in tackling the ongoing health problem caused by the COVID pandemic. As you note, Lamont's extension was ratified by the General Assembly, which has the political and legal authority to do so. If it so chose, or if the political constellation of powers were so constructed, the Assembly could have blocked it. Under the circumstances of legality and political power,