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EarlG

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11. Agreed

Fri Jul 24, 2020, 12:50 AM

Jul 2020

I just think it's a bad strategy. The further he goes down this authoritarian rabbit hole, the more he risks scaring off Republican voters. The ones who have had "states rights good, federal government bad" drilled into them for the last 40 years. I'm sure A LOT of GOP voters are perfectly fine with the sight of Trump's camo-clad stormtroopers patrolling American city centers, but not all of them. I think he's quietly bleeding support over this.

Around this time 10 years ago we still had 75,000 troops in Iraq. Now Trump wants to put 75,000 troops into American cities? I seriously doubt they're even going to do it, but just having the suggestion out there is going to be a bridge too far for some Republicans.

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Trump Could Send 75,000 Federal Agents Into Cities [View all] applegrove Jul 2020 OP

We've got 75,000 agents sitting around with nothing better to do? TreasonousBastard Jul 2020 #1

I thought that. applegrove Jul 2020 #2

+1 uponit7771 Jul 2020 #17

And Remember... ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 #18

Cities just may have 75,000 jail cells. C_U_L8R Jul 2020 #3

75k agents? BGBD Jul 2020 #4

At some point this is going to start making some of the die hards feel queasy EarlG Jul 2020 #5

He's going for the big lie. People who don't despise him and may have voted applegrove Jul 2020 #6

Agreed EarlG Jul 2020 #11

I think it may disgust the ones who have a memory of those applegrove Jul 2020 #12

The Atlantic had an article LeftInTX Jul 2020 #13

There's a solid core that will be queasy with delight, like a sugar rush JHB Jul 2020 #19

He's admitting we're not living in America any more. lpbk2713 Jul 2020 #7

There aren't even 50,000 agents between CBP and US Marshalls Fiendish Thingy Jul 2020 #8

unless he is contracting them from Eric Prince for 6 months Captain Zero Jul 2020 #20

He may augment them with pdxflyboy Jul 2020 #9

Does their native language happen to be Mme. Defarge Jul 2020 #10

Per usual he's failing at this too! If he wanted to take over the country b4 the election he Thekaspervote Jul 2020 #14

I knew Trump would invade a country to win the election but I didn't think it would be the USA. TeamPooka Jul 2020 #15

I think he's going full Gotterdammerung ... Straw Man Jul 2020 #16