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

Trump supporters are already readying the stage to cast doubt on any election result that is not a victory for them

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."