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ā€œprepared to declare a national emergency and will use military assets to reverse the Biden invasion through a mass deportation program.ā€

  • TrumpĀ repostedĀ Fittonā€™s comment Monday with the caption, ā€œTRUE!!ā€

I donā€™t even know what to say. Iā€™m gobsmacked to depression daily that youā€™re ok with this.

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Hey, the democratic party wasnā€™t close enough to the workers so there was no alternativeā€¦

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But EGG PRICES! The economy!

And heā€™s such a strong leaderā€¦

(I am paraphrasing actual interviews our local networks did with college students)

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I think we need to start using strongman in conversation more for the people who donā€™t know what it means.

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13 points

Iā€™m afraid it would just bolster his image. Become a tiktok meme or somethingā€¦

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6 points

I think those colleges need to stop charging tuition. Clearly, their education is worthless.

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3 points

They need to take their phones away in class.

I hate to sound so salty and old, but jeez.

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10 points

But Obama wore a tan suit!

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11 points

Where were you when America was violated by the terrorist fist jab?

Also, I will never forget how Michelle Obama sullied this country with her bare armsā€¦

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Iā€™m gobsmacked to depression daily that youā€™re ok with this.

People who sat at home or pretended like they could wash their hands of it by voting 3rd party are OK with this. Iā€™m sure as shit not.

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93 points

Next up: arson attack on US Congress. And then the Enabling Act.

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12 points

Didnā€™t the Canadian burn the Whitehouse down once or something?

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10 points

Canadians conservatives burnt down their own parliament too.

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Twice.

Donā€™t make us come down there a third time, I swear to Gord.

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34 points

Honestly, Iā€™m not seeing a downside here.

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9 points

Hypothetically, what would trigger you guys? Just asking questionsā€¦

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If you go for the hat trick, may Gord find mercy in your heart to annex the TI region on your march back.

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Donā€™t. Please. Whatever will we do to stop you? /s

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21 points

American here: genuinely, I would appreciate it if you did.

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I swear to Gord

Deliberate misspelling of ā€œGodā€œ, famous hockey player, or short for Gordon? More than one of the above?

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Thatā€™s not true. It was the British, and it happened once in 1814. And it didnā€™t ā€œburn down.ā€

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Yep. All of this talk about the makeup of Congress, and having an opposition party becomes moot when you hand power to fascists.

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My crazy prediction is that trump will try to duplicate the burning of the Reichstag. Except, in typical fashion, he will do so in a comically inept fashion. Heā€™ll try to burn down the Reichstag, and heā€™ll actually succeed! Unfortunately, heā€™ll burn down the Reichstagā€¦the actual Reichstag, not the US capital, but the present-day German parliament building.

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We already had our enabling act, the Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling.

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Every single bad thing about this country, from now on, will be prepended with ā€œBidenā€

It shall be law.

Iā€™m not actually sure if Iā€™m joking.

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Right. Letā€™s not blame Trump or the electorate that put him in power.

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It was weird to watch donvict try to make that a thing in near real time, with ā€œBidenflationā€ and ā€œBigrationā€ or some such shit. This stuff works on the clapping seals that make up his base, though.

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As a Bi-man, a bigration sounds great! Would be great to have more bis around. Mono-sexuals are just weird, imo.

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Obama? Thanks.

Males? Buttery.

Biden? Did that.

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There are not enough ICE officers to conduct mass deportation in red states, let alone blue ones. Trump will require cooperation of local police.

If he uses the military in Blue states, itā€™s an obvious attack on the 10th Amendment. Itā€™s also illegal to use the military for domestic police work.

We can bet on incompetence for now. Trump needs to grow ICE to a large size before heā€™s even able to conduct a large scale deportation plan of any kind. Deploying the National Guard would be a faux pas, but thatā€™s probably the workaround else need to prepare for legally.

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Hell override the posse comatatus act and use federal military troops.

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If it gets that far, and Iā€™m not convinced it will, Troops arenā€™t trained for immigration issues.

Do you think 18 year old dumbass Privates and Corporals know the difference between a Puerto Rican US Citizen and an illegal Mexican? Do you think US Troops have any training on police actions? Lawyers or courts?

Thatā€™s a disaster waiting to happen. We use troops rarely because theyā€™re dumbasses with a gun. We give them exceptional fighting training, but no training on finer details of policing. Use of force will be too high, rights will be trampled, US Citizens will 100% get caught up as military has no fucking training on this subject.

If it gets that far, then we know what to do. Take pictures, document, build national level outrage.

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If it gets that far, then we know what to do. Take pictures, document, build national level outrage.

Defend yourself and your fellow human beings.

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Oh no, its illegal to use the military for domestic police work? Deploying the National Guard would be a ā€œfaux pasā€?

Well, Iā€™m sure that will stop him for sure!

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Its the next political bulwark and where we rally next. If Trump runs over that bulwark, then we make plans afterwards.

But the Military will NOT want to be seen going house-to-house deporting Puerto Rican American Citizens. I know thereā€™s a lot of racists out there, but if they do that, we just take some pictures and the national level outrage and blatant racism on the troopā€™s faces will be shown for everyone. And trust me, if a mass deportation order were invoked, 100% legal US Citizens will be swept up in the blatantly racist attack.

These people cannot tell the difference from an illegal Mexican, a legal Haitian or a US Citizen Puerto Rican. Iā€™m serious. So thatā€™s no longer a Trump-specific thing at that point. Thatā€™s commanders and soldiers who will have to live with that for the rest of their lives.

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Thatā€™s commanders and soldiers who will have to live with that for the rest of their lives.

If the second Bush era taught us anything, itā€™s that thereā€™s plenty of soldiers willing to live with things for the rest of their lives.

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the national level outrage and blatant racism on the troopā€™s faces will be shown for everyone

And what will anyone be able to do about it? Thatā€™s the problem with installing a fascist autocracy. Outrage does not deter fascists. The left needs to organize and be prepared to physically obstruct these actions, and that is not going to be without danger.

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The world doesnā€™t care man. The world doesnā€™t even care about genocide. why do you think the world would give a shit about mass deportation?

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Trump will require cooperation of local police.

Plenty of pigs are already on his side, and would help him with this willingly.

Also, as president, SCOTUS has already ruled that he can pretty much do what he wants as long as itā€™s an ā€œofficialā€ act.

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Plenty of pigs are already on his side, and would help him with this willingly.

In some red states, yes. But thatā€™s largely in rural areas. Iā€™m not sure if even a city in a deep-red state like Houston would cooperate with Trump.

Its not up to the Police in any case. Itā€™d be likely up to the local Attorneyā€™s General.

Also, as president, SCOTUS has already ruled that he can pretty much do what he wants as long as itā€™s an ā€œofficialā€ act.

If Trump wants to personally come down and deport Mexicans one by one, Iā€™d love to see it. But otherwise, Trump is going to write a thing that likely wonā€™t make sense. Local police wonā€™t get any money for immigration issues and will complain about funding and long hours. Then all the shit will collapse unless Congress gives more money for a deportation program.

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Plenty-o-pigs sounds like a great police hookup app

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A couple federal judges have opined that he can declare an invasion on US land. This unlocks a lot of powers for him if they interpret the laws in their favor.

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You say that. But the minute peopleā€™s private homes get invaded by US Troops, US citizenā€™s opinions will immediately change.

Republicans are strongly pro-4th Amendment and are distrustful of the police as well. Getting wrapped up in police raids just because you live in the wrong neighborhood will piss off a LOT of Republicans. And a mass program that forces citizens to ICE / Police / Military into your house (be it a massive push for warrants, or some other mass-scale law) would be a significant number of breaks with the Constitution.

Remember: the Republicans are ā€œDeep Stateā€ fuckers who distrust federal officials. Do you really think theyā€™d be cool with orders that let police into their private homes?

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Doesnā€™t matter. A fascist at the head of government, whose party is in line behind him, controlling all branches of the federal government, having enough military support, can shush as many opinions as he wants.

Heā€™s already demonstrated over and over that he will do whatever he wants, and dare anyone to stop him. To date, not only has nobody stopped him, or applied a single real consequence, the electorate has seen fit to increase his power.

Republicans used to be strongly opposed to Russia, too, howā€™s that working out?

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Stoking a violent insurrection while plotting a coup violated a few laws and norms, too.

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Iā€™m sure they can put a call out to anyone with a gun and a hatred of immigrants (legal or otherwise) to volunteer to help out. Maybe they can even all have matching bands around their arm so they know who are helping.

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Yeah thatā€™s called a US Army Private.

What youā€™re ignoring is how fucking dumb an 18Y Old with a gun is. Thereā€™s a fucking reason we donā€™t use them in US Territories. When the bloodshed starts, it will be because dumbass high-school dropouts opened fire in an American neighborhood.

What youā€™re also ignoring is that US Army commanders know this. They know how dumb their recruits are. Its the job of the commander to make sure the troop under them are put on missions where they have the correct and proper training. A ā€œseriousā€ Army Commander would refuse any immigration / customs job, because US Military troops are simply NOT trained for this. US Military are trained to kill people and should only be used to kill people. Thatā€™s why we focus on using them outside of the USA.


Like, seriously. Do you expect a 18Y old high school dropout to handle a warrant over a house correctly?

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I donā€™t know whatā€™s worse, the dumb kids tricked into joining the army, or the dumb kids that even the army rejected after giving them weapons training so they joined the police force instead.

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I understand what youā€™re trying to say, but I do want to clear up some misconceptions people have about U.S. soldiers.

High school drop-outs are not eligible for the U.S. military. GED holders might be if they score high enough on the ASVAB, but itā€™s generally rare.

Also, U.S. military commanders, and officers in general, are both morally and legally required to disobey illegal orders. While the President may be the commander-in-chief, officers swear an oath to the Constitution, not the President.

Thatā€™s why General Milley publicly apologized and considered resigning after unwittingly letting federal troops be used to clear protestors, not knowing Trump wanted it for a photo op instead of legitimate need. Thatā€™s why so many generals called him a threat to democracy. Thatā€™s why Trump fired so many generals, because they wouldnā€™t go along with his stupid shit.

I have hope that the U.S. active duty military will not get involved in this. I know for sure they donā€™t want to get involved in this.

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Saw this one coming. Heā€™ll do the same to justify ending elections.

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100% this is a trial for emergency actions to end elections.

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