MarketWatch reports that Flynn made the remarks while speaking at the conference in Dallas, which was called "For God & and Country Patriot Roundup." In a video shared online, someone from the audience asks Flynn, "I want to know why what happened in Myanmar can't happen here?"
This question elicited a round of cheers from the audience.
Once the crowd quieted, Flynn responded, "No reason. I mean, it should happen here."
Myanmar's military seized power and overtook the country's democratically-elected government in February. Since the coup, hundreds have been killed by Myanmar security forces and thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators have been detained according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners.
Flynn was former President Trump's first national security adviser before being fired in 2017. In November, Trump issued Flynn a full pardon after he pleaded guilty to lying in special prosecutor Robert Mueller's Russian collusion investigation.
Comment: Let it be noted that plea was entered under duress, and then withdrawn by Flynn. Trumps's pardon was the only way to get the Russiagate crazies off his back. The FBI had threatened to endlessly hound him and his children.
In December, after Biden had been declared the victor of the presidential election, Flynn suggested that Trump should deploy the military to "rerun" the 2020 election. During an appearance on conservative news network Newsmax, Flynn suggested that Trump seize every voting machine in the country and deploy the military to swing states where Biden won.
Comment: Given the extent of the documentation of fraud in the 2020 presidential election, this appears to be a reasonable suggestion. The problem is a long-standing one but governments won't touch it with a ten-foot pole.
- Rigging an election: Professor proves electronic voting machines are ridiculously bereft of security
- The largest voting machine vendor in US admits its systems had remote-access software installed
- Second video revealed of Dominion Voting System's Eric Coomer explaining to elections officials how to switch votes
- 2020 election fraud benefiting Biden occurred everywhere - even Hamilton County Indiana reported impossible results
- House Democrats' own 2021 election bill concedes voting machine issues
- Voting machines can be hacked with just 26 dollars and an 8th grade education
CNN notes that QAnon followers are distinctly enamored with the idea that Trump will use the military to regain power in the U.S. Many believed that he would declare martial law on Inauguration Day to prevent Biden from assuming the office.
According to CNN, Flynn also falsely claimed at the Dallas event that "Trump won. He won the popular vote, and he won the Electoral College vote." Since leaving the Trump administration, Flynn has become a major figure in the QAnon movement, posting content related to the conspiracy theory on social media.
Comment: RT sets the record straight. Just because Flynn agreed with the possibility of a Myanmar-style coup here (were enough people fed up) but that was hardly an endorsement.