Trump ally Michael Flynn says what happened in coup-stricken Myanmar 'should happen' in U.S. at Dallas conference
The Southeast Asian nation's military has violently cracked down on protests.
A former national security adviser for Donald Trump told attendees at a weekend conference in Dallas linked to the baseless QAnon conspiracy that what happened in Myanmar where the military overthrew the government "should happen" in the United States.
Michael Flynn, a retired Army lieutenant general, was among the keynote speakers at the For God & Country Patriot Roundup, which took place Friday to Monday at the city-owned Omni Dallas Hotel and Eddie Deen's Ranch. The event featured other speakers associated with the QAnon theory that helped drive failed efforts to overturn the results of last year's presidential election.
Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his role in the Russia scandal but was later pardoned by Trump, has maintained that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump. President Joe Biden won 306 electoral votes to Trump's 232, and repeated Republican-led efforts to prove widespread voter fraud have turned up empty.
During a question-and-answer session that CNN reported took place Sunday, an audience member asked Flynn, while mispronouncing the Southeast Asian nation's name: "I want to know why what happened in Myanmar can't happen here?"
"No reason," Flynn responded as the crowd cheered. "I mean, it should happen here."
Myanmar's military overthrew the country's democratically elected government in a Feb. 1 coup and has cracked down on dissent in the months since then, killing protesters and imprisoning journalists.
Supporters of the QAnon conspiracy have urged a similar government overthrow by the American military.
U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, a Wyoming Republican and until recently one of the party's highest-ranking members, posted a link on Twitter to an article about Flynn's remarks Monday, writing, "No American should advocate or support the violent overthrow of the United States."
Flynn was Trump's first national security adviser, serving less than a month before Trump fired him after reports that he had misled the White House about his communications with Russia's ambassador to the United States.
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The Southeast Asian nation's military has violently cracked down on protests.
A former national security adviser for Donald Trump told attendees at a weekend conference in Dallas linked to the baseless QAnon conspiracy that what happened in Myanmar where the military overthrew the government "should happen" in the United States.
Michael Flynn, a retired Army lieutenant general, was among the keynote speakers at the For God & Country Patriot Roundup, which took place Friday to Monday at the city-owned Omni Dallas Hotel and Eddie Deen's Ranch. The event featured other speakers associated with the QAnon theory that helped drive failed efforts to overturn the results of last year's presidential election.
Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his role in the Russia scandal but was later pardoned by Trump, has maintained that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump. President Joe Biden won 306 electoral votes to Trump's 232, and repeated Republican-led efforts to prove widespread voter fraud have turned up empty.
During a question-and-answer session that CNN reported took place Sunday, an audience member asked Flynn, while mispronouncing the Southeast Asian nation's name: "I want to know why what happened in Myanmar can't happen here?"
"No reason," Flynn responded as the crowd cheered. "I mean, it should happen here."
Myanmar's military overthrew the country's democratically elected government in a Feb. 1 coup and has cracked down on dissent in the months since then, killing protesters and imprisoning journalists.
Supporters of the QAnon conspiracy have urged a similar government overthrow by the American military.
U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, a Wyoming Republican and until recently one of the party's highest-ranking members, posted a link on Twitter to an article about Flynn's remarks Monday, writing, "No American should advocate or support the violent overthrow of the United States."
Flynn was Trump's first national security adviser, serving less than a month before Trump fired him after reports that he had misled the White House about his communications with Russia's ambassador to the United States.
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