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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTom Cotton just called on Trump to use the Insurrection Act
As I posted yesterday
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213513271
there's been a RW chorus calling for this, as a way to get around Posse Comitatus.
Cotton's tweet, with video from Fox News:
Link to tweet
sfstaxprep
(9,998 posts)I think that any chance Drumpf has of even a mild recovery in the economy, will disappear if he does this.
People are going to want to go outside, and get their lives back to normal, if there are armed military all over the streets?
Not me.
C_U_L8R
(45,019 posts)They're down to their last and only hope of winning. Just steal it all.
42bambi
(1,753 posts)SKKY
(11,820 posts)...don't interrupt them."
Aristus
(66,449 posts)But it sounds consistent with Lao Tzu, too.
SKKY
(11,820 posts)...thanks for the correction!
Pantagruel
(2,580 posts)Step Two is internment camps for protesters.
Arkansas Granny
(31,528 posts)I can't believe this POS is running unopposed this year.
highplainsdem
(49,030 posts)do this.
Seems to be a chorus almost certainly directed by the White House.
genxlib
(5,532 posts)Just as big of an evil nut case but hidden beneath a professional veneer and good resume.
fleur-de-lisa
(14,628 posts)Walter Shaub ✔ @waltshaub
It's odd, I can't seem to find examples of Tom Cotton saying anything like this when armed right-wing terrorists seized a government building in Oregon and forcibly held it for 40 days while federal authorities twiddled their thumbs. Oh wait, did I say "odd"? I meant predictable.
Link to tweet
samsingh
(17,600 posts)these repug morons should realize that whatever they establish will be used against them in the future.
shockey80
(4,379 posts)uponit7771
(90,359 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)even anti-democratic, leaders, including on the left, including all racial groups. If it was seen as effective, it'd help.
But what could go wrong?
The kind of violent LW extremists Trump/Repubs are claiming are almost nonexistent compared to the RW extremists we know are out there setting fires. If the RW terrorists pulled back as the RW-controlled military came in, leaving AA demonstrators for justice, who'd get hurt?
uponit7771
(90,359 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)being moved to the bunker for an hour if they do. It's a favorite theme here, but that's all.
Tanks with machine gunners rolling down city streets would be unmissable. And Trump's bloviation, chest puffed out strongman style, would, of necessity, need to be covered by every news service.
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)is making the headlines, even though he's doing it while hiding in his bunker
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)that he's been insulting them similarly during every call. He's not one to waste a captive audience, though I wouldn't bet a nickle that a bunch of them don't have assistants tell them when and if to start listening again either. They're kind of busy all the time.
roamer65
(36,747 posts)sarisataka
(18,760 posts)To shut the fuck up
lame54
(35,318 posts)jmg257
(11,996 posts)10 U.S. Code § 252.Use of militia and armed forces to enforce Federal authority
U.S. Code
Whenever the President considers that unlawful obstructions, combinations, or assemblages, or rebellion against the authority of the United States, make it impracticable to enforce the laws of the United States in any State by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, he may call into Federal service such of the militia of any State, and use such of the armed forces, as he considers necessary to enforce those laws or to suppress the rebellion.
LiberalFighter
(51,058 posts)2naSalit
(86,775 posts)jrandom421
(1,005 posts)couldn't muster enough military force to pacify Iraq. What makes them think they can muster enough forces to pacify a country with over ten times the population?
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)Iraq had been involved in direct wars with both the US and neighboring Iran before Bush invaded. With the US, it has been the military involved in wars overseas
jrandom421
(1,005 posts)If they intend to use the military to enforce law, America is FAR too big an area to do it with the Armed forces, even if they federalize all the Nationsl Guard units. They'll be playing "Whack-A-Protester" all over the country. They couldn't do it in Iraq, a country much smaller in size and population. And it's an unknown how zealously the military pursues this mission, when it's going against their own neighbors, friends,and family.
roamer65
(36,747 posts)Response to highplainsdem (Original post)
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irisblue
(33,020 posts)You have a newish discussion group correct?
Midnight Writer
(21,791 posts)dmr
(28,349 posts)the man is ambitious. He's gonna try. Lie, cheat and steal his way to the top.
crickets
(25,982 posts)Renew Deal
(81,870 posts)Even if it's a losing battle. This is a really bad idea.
Protesters have left soldiers and their property alone so far. But that can change.
JCMach1
(27,572 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,927 posts)I've been horrified by him ever since he undermined the Obama administration by sending a letter (also signed by his fellow Republicans) to the leaders of Iran!