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Ain't gonna work Donnie Death.
Covigula.
kirkuchiyo
(402 posts)Fiendish Thingy
(15,586 posts)CincyDem
(6,353 posts)I think most military are honorable and at the same time, out of 1.3million people...even if Trumpism has infected only 10%, that's 130,000 willing participants. They can do a lot of damage. The definition of "legal orders" is going to get to be pretty challenging for some of these folks, IMHO.
anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)This country is not going to embrace kooks trying to enact a military coup because they dont like election revolts.
BamaRefugee
(3,483 posts)DanieRains
(4,619 posts)The (bad) cops maybe, but not the army.
The Joint Chiefs already told Covigula they won't get involved.
They mean it I am sure.
BamaRefugee
(3,483 posts)Kaleva
(36,294 posts)I'm unaware of any order being given to the Guardsman to shoot.
BamaRefugee
(3,483 posts)Kaleva
(36,294 posts)Commanders of Unified Commands do. And those people answer to the Sec of Def and President.
anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)National Guard guys at Kent State caught up in the hysterical anti-war protestor Vietnam insanity, young men who were armed and directed very poorly and who shot into crowds of students killing students who were just going to class and not even protesting, are not the same as 2020 pro-Trump cultist ding-dongs who send out angry tweets b/c they have issues with vague ideas. Also, the murders at Kent State were a disaster for those trying to paint peaceful anti-war protestors as violent hippies. Theres a damn good reason why the first image is one of the most famous in our countrys history.
Large numbers of Trump cultists attempting to organize and go...somewhere? to risk their lives for a pathetic creep who has lost a historical election I dont see that happening. Fox couldnt even find a group bigger than about twenty standing around somewhere looking totally deflated even as they held their guns to threaten whoever (they have no idea at this point Trump lost in multiple states)
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)... and doing what happened in DC or Seattle with unmarked federal workers.
BamaRefugee
(3,483 posts)anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)and I seriously doubt there are big numbers of them willing to take that risk for a selfish idiot who has done nothing for them.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,327 posts)stillcool
(32,626 posts)crying out loud. Something about this election seems to have caused instant amnesia.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,327 posts)Dem2
(8,168 posts)Even with all the doubters here.
TomSlick
(11,097 posts)No commander is going to order troops into American cities to keep Trump in office.
Everyone in the military from the four stars to the privates have been taught they cannot obey unlawful orders. Everyone in the military has sworn an oath to defend the Constitution.
I don't know about the Bureau of Prison goons but the military will not participate in a coup.