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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) â Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act, allowing him to deploy troops, to 'put an end' to protests in Minneapolis.
— Phil Lewis (@phillewis.bsky.social) 2026-01-15T13:20:44.747Z
LakeVermilion
(1,516 posts)This wont get him his Peace Prize.
PuraVidaDreamin
(4,476 posts)Who in the military is going to stand up for democracy?
MadameButterfly
(3,789 posts)malaise
(293,156 posts)Rec
Ferrets are Cool
(22,541 posts)And I mean EVERYONE. Just askin?
Johonny
(25,554 posts)He is convinced by his minions that there are paid left wing organizations purposely causing trouble. He will believe this even if not a single protester exists.
He is fucking nuts. Just fucking nuts. Don't elect stupid crazy evil people.
irisblue
(36,895 posts)snip-"The Insurrection Act of 1807 is the U.S. federal law that empowers the president of the United States to nationally deploy the U.S. military and to federalize the National Guard units of the individual states in specific circumstances, such as the suppression of civil disorder, of insurrection, and of armed rebellion against the federal government of the U.S.[1] The Insurrection Act provides a statutory exception to the Posse Comitatus Act (1878) that limits the president's deploying the U.S. military to enforce either civil law or criminal law within the United States.[2][3]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_Act_of_1807#:~:text=The%20Insurrection%20Act%20of%201807,insurrection%2C%20and%20of%20armed%20rebellion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_invocations_of_the_Insurrection_Act
leftstreet
(38,982 posts)The city is already under siege by "law enforcement"
What...tanks? Rocket launchers?
Why can't he just fucking die
bluestarone
(21,301 posts)Bearing arms. Who knows what will happen after that fire is started?