Max Boot Cites Cromwell’s Military Coup In Call To Oust Trump
In Thursday’s Washington Post, columnist Max Boot provides a call to arms for those who seek to oust the sitting president of the United States. His column claims that the presidency has now been shown to be illegitimate because of this week’s allegations and that Congress should have already acted on impeachment. None of this is surprising, Trump’s has been the photo on Boot’s dartboard for some time now, but in his zesty finale, Boot may have revealed a bit too much.
He writes:
The voters of the United States must now say to this Congress what Oliver Cromwell said to the Rump Parliament in 1653: ‘Ye are a factious crew, and enemies to all good government. … Ye are grown intolerably odious to the whole nation. You were deputed here by the people to get grievances redressed, are yourselves become the greatest grievance. … Go, get you out! Make haste! … In the name of God, go!’
Stirring stuff. But that speech from Cromwell comes with a bit of historical context that Boot leaves out. According to the UK Parliament website, on April 20, 1653 Cromwell led an armed force into the commons chamber. What actually happened on that day after all those fine words was that duly elected officials were ousted in a military coup and replaced by appointees who, by the way, eventually named Cromwell “Lord Protector of the Realm.”
https://thefederalist.com/2018/08/23/max-boot-cites-cromwells-military-coup-in-call-to-oust-trump/