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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEsper says he does not support the use of the Insurrection Act
on live now
dalton99a
(81,070 posts)GreatCaesarsGhost
(8,584 posts)malaise
(267,823 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)Lots of backpedaling going on.
malaise
(267,823 posts)for the dump
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Waiting for today's tweet storm.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Eyeball_Kid
(7,410 posts)It's Trumpy-boy's rule: If you cross me, you're finished.
There is no room for negotiation. Esper will fall in line or he'll be run over by a truck.
bullwinkle428
(20,627 posts)*Vulgarian Authoritarian Orangutan Barbarian.
malaise
(267,823 posts)madaboutharry
(40,153 posts)The proximity to power must be so intoxicating that very few can give it up, even when the price is ones dignity.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)Two different things.
malaise
(267,823 posts)Golden Raisin
(4,600 posts)If he's serious he'll be fired by Trump.
lindysalsagal
(20,444 posts)The Act empowers the U.S. president to call into service the U.S. Armed Forces and the National Guard:
when requested by a state's legislature, or governor if the legislature cannot be convened, to address an insurrection against that state (§ 251),
to address an insurrection, in any state, which makes it impracticable to enforce the law (§ 252), or
to address an insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful combination or conspiracy, in any state, which results in the deprivation of Constitutionally-secured rights, and where the state is unable, fails, or refuses to protect said rights (§ 253).
malaise
(267,823 posts)The Criminal Con will soon have Ivanka and Jared left - can't wait for the rats to start the cannibal feast.