Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Philadelphia’s DA have warned troops they’ll face charges that Trump can’t save them from if they violate residents.
As Donald Trump floats expanding his authoritarian military crackdown to liberal-led cities beyond the nation’s capital, troops deployed to carry out his anti-democratic schemes might be at risk of prosecution themselves — and the pardon-happy president may not be able to save them.
Thus far, by my count, two Democrats in states that may find themselves targeted have vowed to spur local or state prosecutions — which couldn’t be overturned with a presidential pardon — for anyone who violate residents’ rights if and when the Trump administration expands its troop deployment.
Surely it would have been better to have had a Democrat in the white house when the civil war started than having trump there.
Its guaranteed war now (well, four years ago) versus hopefully avoiding war (or at least postponing it another decade or so). And I am not entirely sure how much of a difference it would make. I know there is the crowd who insists the military will side with The People when it matters (so don’t complain about them stomping on necks and invading cities!) but… having worked/consulted on enough military bases I am pretty sure that, if anything, they are disobeying orders to go against the political party they blame for every single one of their losses in the past century.
Like I said. I have a lot of problems with what was done. I am not sure what the right answer would be. Mostly I just know that Captain Red Line plays too much Call of Duty and is just looking for an excuse to murder people who cut him off in traffic.