Convicted Trump adviser predicts Dem ticket will have 'Michelle as the figurehead'

Embattled Trump administration adviser Peter Navarro floated a new conspiracy in a column for the conservative Washington Times, published on Tuesday: that Democrats are plotting to overthrow President Joe Biden at the convention at the last minute — by an alliance led by former First Lady Michelle Obama "as the figurehead" and her husband pulling the strings in a de facto third term.

Navarro, who previously advised former President Donald Trump on trade issues, was convicted last year of contempt of Congress, for his blanket refusal to provide testimony to the House January 6 Select Committee.

"Mr. Biden will not step aside before the end of the Democratic primary season. Instead, without real opposition, Mr. Biden will be poised to accept his coronation at the Democratic National Convention in August in Chicago," wrote Navarro. "Democratic strategists now plotting the Biden coup see this uncontested primary season as an essential element of a winning November strategy. As Richard Nixon once advised, run to the right to win the Republican nomination but run back to the middle to win the general election."

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According to Navarro's theory, Democratic advisers will first appeal to Biden to step aside, and if not, "key leaders within his party and the legacy media will take Mr. Biden down and thereby clear the path for a fresh ticket." That ticket, he believes, is Michelle Obama and Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), with Barack Obama pulling the strings from the shadows.

There is no evidence Newsom or the Obamas have any plans to push aside Biden, and Michelle Obama has frequently said she hates getting into politics.

"Middle America, where the median voter lives, is sick to death over the takeover of this country by radical Democratic progressives destroying everything from our economy, society and political system to, most dangerously, our borders and national security," Navarro fumed in the opinion piece. "For a Republican win, Democratic strategists must not be allowed to obscure the hot, steaming policy excrement of a 'woke' policy agenda inside a fancy moderate Michelle Obama wrapping."