MAGA leaders call for the troops to keep Trump in office

[riversedge]

Source: POLITICO



A growing call to invoke the Insurrection Act shows how hard-edged MAGA ideology has become in the wake of Trump’s election loss.
President Trump

12/18/2020 04:30 AM EST

An 1807 law invoked only in the most violent circumstances is now a rallying cry for the MAGA-ites most committed to the fantasy that Donald Trump will never leave office.

The law, the Insurrection Act, allows the president to deploy troops to suppress domestic uprisings — not to overturn elections.

But that hasn’t stopped the act from becoming a buzzword and cure-all for prominent MAGA figures like Sydney Powell and Lin Wood, two prominent pro-Trump attorneys leading efforts to overturn the 2020 election, and even one North Carolina state lawmaker. Others like Michael Flynn, Trump’s first national security adviser who was recently pardoned for lying to the FBI, have made adjacent calls for Trump to impose martial law. The ideas have circulated in pro-Trump outlets and were being discussed over the weekend among the thousands of MAGA protesters who descended on state capitols and the Supreme Court to falsely claim Trump had won the election.

At its core, the Insurrection Act gives the president authority to send military and National Guard troops to quell local rebellions and violence, offering an exemption to prohibitions against using military personnel to enforce domestic laws. Historically, it has been used in moments of extreme national strife — the Civil War, the rise of the Ku Klux Klan, violent labor disputes, desegregation battles, rioting following Martin Luther King Jr.’s death.

Only once, however, has it been used in the wake of an election — and that was to stop a literal militia from seizing the Louisiana government on behalf of John McEnery, a former Confederate officer who had lost the 1872 governor’s race. ...................................................

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/18/trump-insurrection-act-presidency-447986

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The Insurrection Act has gained popularity among the far-right fringes, mainly as a way for President Donald Trump to solve all their problems. | Spencer Platt/Getty Images

By TINA NGUYEN

[McCamy Taylor]

1. What the fuck is wrong with these people?

[Sapient Donkey]

3. That's exactly what I said after reading so many of them wishing for martial law

I always thought at a minimum most Americans shared the idea that such things are bad even when it's "our guy" who would be doing it. I guess I was wrong. Frightens me that so many people can be lead down that path so easily.

[hadEnuf]

20. Righties want martial law because they think they will be the marshalls enforcing the law.

Most of these hardcore assholes have been just itching to prance around in a uniform with an armband while throwing seig heil salutes to their fuhrer.

They are not Americans.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

27. I don't think they realize under martail law their ass is in the house

at 6:00pm just like everyone else. I suspect they think only libs will be affected in their little fantasy.

[riversedge]

4. They are literally crazed!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

14. Depends on premise. If you believe election was stolen then you believe you defend Constitution. nt

[mdbl]

32. and they will believe anything

making them worthless

[liberalmuse]

2. Traitors to The Constitution and Democracy

I swore an oath to defend The Constitution from enemies foreign and domestic. Most military take that oath very seriously as I do.

[OldBaldy1701E]

22. Hear Hear! (n/t)

[Marthe48]

26. Many thanks!

My husband felt the same as you do.

[dware]

29. As do I.

[Archae]

5. There's a more basic reason for these antics.

And it's being done by Trump all the way down the MAGA hierarchy.

Money.

These guys are fundraising hundreds of millions of dollars, from the suckers.

"Give us money so we can stop the steal!"

Yet where is that money going?
Hmmm...

[nwliberalkiwi]

6. Bring on the Civil War

I say Bring on the Civil War!!! I like the line from "Lawrence of Arabia": NO PRISONERS!!!

[ancianita]

7. An insurrection for one man amounts to insurrection for a dictatorship; it's not

in keeping with the Insurrection Act's original intent, because 60 courts have proven that an election outcome ("stop the steal&quot is not sufficient justification for invoking it.

[Jirel]

8. Welp, that definitely crosses the line to sedition.

No action at all taken on this in 3... 2... 1...

[OldBaldy1701E]

24. And some people wonder

why so many of us are pretty disillusioned with the entire shitshow.

[Grokenstein]

9. Suddenly the redhats want someone else to do their fighting.

Typical of these bootlicking cowards.

[MarcA]

10. Attempts by drumph and magats to keep the chaos going,

stick it to the "liberals", act irresponsibly without consequences and of course $$$.

[liberalgunwilltravel]

11. As I said before

Sorry to repeat myself, but as a veteran, I take particular umbrage at the seditious activities of disgraced Lt. Gen. Flynn. When Trump is gone, Flynn should be called back to active duty to face court martial for sedition.

[SnowCritter]

12. This veteran fully agrees!

[liberalgunwilltravel]

15. Thank you for your service Marine!

Thanks brother. I was non-combat and spent my tour at Walter Reed in the mid-seventies and got to see, first hand, the human cost of Vietnam. However, the sacrifice of those men, and of the men and women serving since is denigrated by this traitor. It just boils my blood.

[cheezmaka]

30. Thank you for your Service

God bless you and all of our troops ...

[LeftInTX]

21. Yep, isn't he getting full retirement pay now?

[dware]

23. This 35 year veteran agrees also,

and I refuse to associate the title Gen. with Flynn, he lost that title and respect when he betrayed his oath and country.

[EndlessWire]

35. I agree. n/t

[Firestorm49]

13. I guess this is why the Pentagon has cut off transition

talks with the Biden administration.

Far fetched? I wouldn’t put anything out of the realm of possibilities with those who crave dictatorship.

[LiberalLovinLug]

16. I'm torn about even talking about this

Or more specifically, the MSM talking about it.

Its almost like they read liberal sites, and see what they are the most afraid of, and then work towards that. With the idea that once it is in the public dialogue, it then becomes a possibility in the minds of people, whether for good or bad. Its like priming the public. Fits right into the "normalization" process they have been establishing for four years now.

It works. Say, like the media goes on about some gas price increase coming. When it does, because your mind has already grumblingly accepted it already because you have heard it every day, its not as much of a shock or abnormal.

[OldBaldy1701E]

25. Well

a fair number of more liberal minded folks stopped going to the MSM for their information a long while ago due to what you say, while the crazies and MAGAts have flocked in droves thanks to all the fire stoking. It is all about money after all. And, those same crazies and MAGAts love to toss their money at anything that they like, regardless of whether it is a news outlet or a pathetic, grifting excuse for a president.

[The3rdTimeIsCharmed]

17. Yelling FIRE in a crowded theater is NOT OK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When has it become legal to advocate violence? Is now, YELLING FIRE in a crowded theater OK ???? !!!! ??? !!!! ???

[DFW]

18. Looks like the term "Banana Republicans" wasn't so much of an exaggeration after all

It is starting to sound like that is EXACTLY what they are.

¡En las rodillas delante del Jefe!

[hadEnuf]

19. Sounds like the Insurrection Act may need to be used against the MAGATs.

It's getting to the point where these seditionists need to be put down.

[BlueIdaho]

28. This is not only unconstitutional - it's unworkable.

For starters there would have to be enough willing troops to occupy every city, town, and hamlet in America, not to mention monitoring interstates, river transport, ports, and airports. I suppose that if we stopped every foreign engagement and brought 100% of our troops home - we might get close. But that assumes our military really wants to start shooting Americans for a living.

[usajumpedtheshark]

31. trump needs to be removed now!

[BlueStater]

33. These traitors would be perfectly content if this asshole was installed as a dictator.

Disgusting.

[AntiFascist]

34. On a related note...

it was once reported that Trump kept a copy of Hitler's "My New Order" at his bedside. (The sequel to "Mein Kampf" ) I guess it helped him fall asleep.

https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trumps-ex-wife-once-said-he-kept-a-book-of-hitlers-speeches-by-his-bed-2015-8