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How Trump could use the military to go after the 'radical left'

So how the military has been used to squash the "radical left"? I mean Red Scares aren't exactly new in American politics. Heck 100 years ago we were putting two Italian immigrants on death because they happened to be Anarchists.
 
Plasmaball said:

I figured this would happen. We are now sliding to leftists. This is basically what Mao did.

This isn't good. It won't stop with leftists. Radical is a very subjective term.

This is un-American
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Of course is.

So of course that's what Trump wants.
 
If he followed the law he couldn't.

The Posse Comitatus Act is a United States federal law (18 U.S.C. § 1385, original at 20 Stat. 152) signed on June 18, 1878, by President Rutherford B. Hayes that limits the powers of the federal government in the use of federal military personnel to enforce domestic policies within the United States.

However, Trump has over 13,000 Truth Social posts from January 1, 2023 to April 1, 2024, where Trump has vowed at least 19 times to weaponize law enforcement against civilians. This includes deploying state and local police, multiple branches of the military and federal law enforcement agents from the Drug Enforcement Agency, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, FBI and Homeland Security agencies against people crossing the southern border, homeless people and protestors.

And let's not forget the Constitution itself.

Trump calls for the termination of the Constitution in Truth Social post​

 
Plasmaball said:

I figured this would happen. We are now sliding to leftists. This is basically what Mao did.

This isn't good. It won't stop with leftists. Radical is a very subjective term.

This is un-American
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It's fascinating how everyone who complained about Trump NOT sending in the National Guard to quell post-election violence is now peeing their pants because he said he might send in the National Guard to quell post-election violence.

It's even more hilarious how all the hissy-fit news organizations are slicing and dicing the video clips to lie about what he actually said.

 
Plasmaball said:

I figured this would happen. We are now sliding to leftists. This is basically what Mao did.

This isn't good. It won't stop with leftists. Radical is a very subjective term.
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Plasmaball said:
This is un-American
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Not just “Un-American”, it’s anti-American and anti-constitutional, and genuine Traitor Trump:

He knows and cares nothing about our constitutional federal republic.

He has only ever cared about himself.

If Traitor Trump were to be re-elected and attempted to violate Posse Comitatus, wrongly invoke the Insurrection Act, Alien Enemies Act, or other archaic law to unconstitutionally force his will on Americans, I believe that he would immediately be challenged by members of the legislative branch, and blocked by the judicial branch.

Many will probably disagree with me, but I do still have faith that there are officials, including Republicans, that would stand against flagrant tyrannical abuse of power.
 
Plasmaball said:

I figured this would happen. We are now sliding to leftists. This is basically what Mao did.

This isn't good. It won't stop with leftists. Radical is a very subjective term.

This is un-American
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People said all of this before Trump's first term and none of it happened. Just more fearmongering and, frankly, shouldn't even be legal,
 
I think he should try and get completely slapped down by the states and the military top brass for being completely insane.

The whole point of democracy is that people are allowed to be against the current President as long as they follow all the basic and normal laws.
Biden can't just decide to bung MAGA people in prison for a laugh for example.
 
So you are trying out the VanceMack shtick?
 
Teatime said:
People said all of this before Trump's first term and none of it happened. Just more fearmongering and, frankly, shouldn't even be legal,
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The problem is this time Trump knows he's a lame duck so will have no reason to hide his inner demons.
He will pack his staff with absolute sycophants who will never say no to his worst tendencies and his fans will never say anything against him.
 
Plasmaball said:

I figured this would happen. We are now sliding to leftists. This is basically what Mao did.

This isn't good. It won't stop with leftists. Radical is a very subjective term.

This is un-American
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On election day, and for 2.5 more months, Joe Biden is the president. Trump won't be using anyone to go after the 'radical left lunatics' for election chaos.

He's dreaming, delusional and loony toons. Any election chaos will be coming from him. The country knows this.
 
Well I listened to the actual audio of what he said. He would go after radical leftists who tried to steal the election from him.

Again. Once you start down that path it's hard to stop because anyone and anything can become whatever you need to justify your rage.

King priest
 
Trump lusts after making persons into corpses. He's been confessing this lust since the 1980s.
 
CaughtInThe said:
It's as American as Nazi Germany.

You a Christian? Law and Order Republican?
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Presidents who have used the military against the citizenry:

George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
James Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln

Etc etc
 
Peter said:
The problem is this time Trump knows he's a lame duck so will have no reason to hide his inner demons.
He will pack his staff with absolute sycophants who will never say no to his worst tendencies and his fans will never say anything against him.
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^^^^ just more fearmongering. Should we make a note of this post and come back in 4 years to see how it ages?
 
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