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[–] 312 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Another instance of inciting insurrection.

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  • [–] 212 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    This fucker literally encouraging states to fight the federal government… alternatively known as engaging in civil war.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago

    Ok, if that's what you want, You ARE CRAZY!! And I absolutely agree that this twice impeached, convicted rapist and ongoing defamer is trying to start a civil war, and should be locked up. Last month would not have been too soon.

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    [–] 104 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Given how much of a hard time as he has with pretty minor inconveniences, I think it’s safe to say he has no fucking clue what the real outcomes are that he’s trying to encourage.

    I’m old enough to have family and family-of-friends who were personally around in WW2 and the occupation right after. Long story short, war’s not fun for anyone involved. If you don’t like having people say things about you in the newspapers, having people shooting at you or losing your home or not having anything to eat is going to be a real drag.

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  • [–] 58 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    War must be a lot easier when you know that you’re not going to be on the frontline, or something idk I’m not a general

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Yeah. I think part of his thinking is that the suffering will happen to other people, and he'll be safely insulated, far away. I won't say he's crazy for thinking that. That said:

    1. A lot of the people who are in a position to support him will be squarely in sufferingtown.
    2. A lot of dictators meet with bad ends. E.g. Putin supposedly obsessively worries over what happened to Gaddafi in the end (and Gaddafi was a hell of a lot more capable at this game than Trump is.)
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    [–] 90 points 2 years ago

    Trump leading another insurrection, but this time against the judicial branch instead of the legislative branch???

    SHOCKED fucking PIKACHU fucking FACE.

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  • [–] 82 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Totally not an insurrectionist. Not at all.

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  • [–] 79 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    He's not the commander and chief he's just the old man yelling at cloud.

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  • [–] 36 points 2 years ago

    He's the old man with plenty of violent followers who hang on his every word. He's not expecting any actual National Guard troops from other states to be mobilized. This is a call for the same people who invaded the Capitol to assemble in Texas and dare federal forces to try and move them.

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    [–] 69 points 2 years ago

    Trump just wants a distraction from the $83 million in damages announced today.

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    [–] 57 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Pathetic, to abuse national guardsmen like this. Its a big disruption to their family and their employers to send them on an idiotic,grandstanding boondoggle like this.

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  • [–] 47 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    He’s not even in charge of his own asshole.

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    [–] 45 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Ok, so now he is literally rallying troops, we still gonna just sit around?

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    [–] 40 points 2 years ago*

    Yeah... No one has gotten in any trouble by following Trump. Be obedient folks.

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  • [–] 38 points 2 years ago (16 children)

    Do they realize President Biden can nationalize the national guard at the border and tell them to go home if he so chooses?

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Any guardsmen that would actually go to TX and support TX would be unlikely to follow the stand down order. I’m kind of curious how many would just follow orders going both directions.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago

    It's probably not as clear-cut as your making it out to be. These would be actually armed forces personnel, subject to all of the rules, regulations, chain of command, disciplinary consequences, etc. that come with that.

    Yes, they could possibly make an argument that they have a duty to disobey illegal orders, but not a totally clear-cut, black-and-white one, they'd likely still be looking at arrest, courts-martial, etc. if they straight-up refuse to deploy to Texas. They're people with lives, family, regular jobs, etc. that would very likely have to get put on hold while everything gets sorted out and they may not necessarily come out on top. Depending on the exact context, it's probably going to be hard to make an argument that simply going to Texas would be an illegal order.

    So if it happens, you can probably expect damn-near every guardsman from those states to go to Texas if they're ordered to.

    What they're ordered to do once they're there is probably where they'd have a stronger case, but even still they'd have to carefully thread that needle if they want to avoid prison, dishonorable discharge, etc. There's a lot they could be ordered to do that would be very objectionable but not quite meet the legal bar of being an illegal order that they'd be obligated to disobey.

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    [–] 29 points 2 years ago

    He's doing it again...?

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Well, maybe we could ask Bush to call upon all willing states to tell their national guard to take up finger painting. Or maybe Bill Clinton could ask all willing states to give trump a wedgie.

    But that won’t happen, not because it’s silly, but because ex-presidents have no fucking authority to tell the states to do a damn thing.

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    [–] 23 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Very diplomatic and cool headed. He unites everyone with such poised insight that no one is able to see without his knowledge.

    /s

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    [–] 21 points 2 years ago

    William Tecumseh Sherman, General Sherman to the courtesy phone..

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago

    AKA he calls for insurrection?

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

    Bring it. These morons in mismatched and non-fitting tactical gear totally have a chance against some dude flying a drone from under a mountain in Colorado. Herman Cain or Darwin award, I don't care which.

    ETA: I goofed and somehow missed the term "national guard". Don't comment when in meetings.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    You do realize that the National Guard is an Armed Service branch right? The major differences between the National Guard and Army is that they aren't an active duty branch and answer to the Governor of their respective States. National Guard units were deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. It's not some good ol' boys in military surplus equipment.

    If this actually turns into a gun fight it going to be US Military attacking US Military.

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    [–] 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I'm sorry, but you're not president anymore loser.

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