Re:Marines mobilized in response to LA protests
by philwelch on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @10:34AM
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I like how the federal government actually enforcing federal law is a “coup” to you.
If Trump wanted to match Democrat energy he would declare the LA riots an insurrection and devote 40% of the FBI to identifying, rounding up, and imprisoning all of the protestors.
Re:Marines mobilized in response to LA protests
by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @12:58PM
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> the federal government actually enforcing federal law is a “coup” to you
The Marines aren’t enforcing squat. That’s on ICE and the LAPD, the only ones doing the arresting.
> he would declare the LA riots an insurrection and devote 40% of the FBI to identifying, rounding up, and imprisoning all of the protestors
If they broke into a federal building? Absolutely.
Re:Marines mobilized in response to LA protests
by philwelch on Thursday June 12, 2025 @01:05AM
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> The Marines aren’t enforcing squat.
You’re the one hyperventilating about a “coup”; do you care to clarify what you actually meant by that or should I just write it off as a paranoid delusion?
Re:Marines mobilized in response to LA protests
by mrguyorama on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @03:50PM
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You don't get to ignore Everyone's right to due process and then insist you are enforcing federal law. ICE is not enforcing federal law by ignoring the constitution.
So less violence towards law enforcement and insurrection than January 6th. Action the President endorsed in January by issuing pardons.
Honestly, if a Democrat were to match Trump's energy, they'd be promising pardons to protesters who damaged ICE property or torched a Trump property. They're not. In part because they're rudderless. But also because they're still gripped by the notion that we're not in the midst of a coup.