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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"This is their first coup. They still have a few kinks to work out."
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This is their first coup. They still have a few kinks to work out.
Trumps defense secretary refuses to rule out manning the polls with active duty troops
On Tuesday, The New York Times reported that Defense Secretary Mark Esper refused to explicitly rule out sending active troops to guard the polls in U.S. cities. Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper...
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@TeaPainUSA
This is their first coup. They still have a few kinks to work out.
Trumps defense secretary refuses to rule out manning the polls with active duty troops
On Tuesday, The New York Times reported that Defense Secretary Mark Esper refused to explicitly rule out sending active troops to guard the polls in U.S. cities. Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper...
rawstory.com
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/10/trumps-defense-secretary-refuses-to-rule-out-manning-the-polls-with-active-duty-troops/
On Tuesday, The New York Times reported that Defense Secretary Mark Esper refused to explicitly rule out sending active troops to guard the polls in U.S. cities.
Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper declined to rule out sending active-duty military personnel to the polls on Election Day, amid an intensifying debate about the militarys role if a disputed election led to civil unrest, said the report. Mr. Esper, asked by members of Congress to commit to refusing to send troops to the polls and to commit to facilitating a peaceful transition of power, responded to both queries with the same brief answer: The U.S. military has acted, and will continue to act, in accordance with the Constitution and the law.'
Mr. Espers comments, contained in written answers released Tuesday by two Democratic congresswomen, Representatives Elissa Slotkin of Michigan and Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey, come as President Trump has refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses, continued the report. Senior leaders at the Pentagon are privately discussing what to do if Mr. Trump invokes the Insurrection Act and tries to send troops into the streets, as he has threatened to do during protests against police brutality.
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"This is their first coup. They still have a few kinks to work out." (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Oct 2020
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Rice4VP
(1,235 posts)1. On Election Day it will be mostly Republicans voting so
they will scare away their own people
NameAlreadyTaken
(978 posts)2. To guard the polls from what? Voters?
Or from Proud Boys, Boogaloo Bpys and other white supremacist / Trumpster types?
Hekate
(90,714 posts)3. WTF -- do they want to look at our ballots as well?
Nevilledog
(51,121 posts)4. Great.... Now you've given them that idea.
nebby70
(471 posts)5. Not even in my worse nightmares...
...could I have 'thunk' this one up...
my mantra seems to be, "...how can they think this is okay (legal)?...
and maybe that's my problem: I keep reacting like this is the real world and can not conceive anyone acting/doing/saying stuff this administration does on a daily basis without any effort to veil their horrors.
My veneer of sanity is getting thin.