Overthrew himself?

In previous item I noted the weird self-contradiction of the “insurrection” charge, which accuses Trump of trying to overthrow himself.

Reminded me of something in those short Ripley pieces. They mentioned a president of Mexico who ran a rebellion against himself and forced himself into exile.

Wikipedia gives a far more complicated picture, which is expected since everything in Mexico was unspeakably complicated and convoluted. The president in question was Ignacio Comonfort, who took over after one of Santa Anna’s hundred or so non-contiguous terms of office. Comonfort attempted to restore order, which was naturally impossible.

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Comonfort now sought to move away from the government he had helped bring to power. He made known to troops in the interior his repentance of having supported the Plan of Tacubaya and to surrender the executive over to the president of the Supreme Court. He thought at one point of even joining the troops to fight against the reactionists.

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He didn’t exactly instigate a rebellion against himself, but the result was the same. He fled to Texas, then ultimately returned to Mexico and got killed in another rebellion.