Quote from: squatz1 on December 14, 2020, 07:13:25 PM

Quote from: PrimeNumber7 on December 14, 2020, 03:37:03 PM

Quote from: BADecker on December 14, 2020, 02:59:39 AM

Probably, if Trump doesn't activate the Insurrection Act, nobody else will do anything in a big way.

The time is near where Trump will have to activate the Insurrection Act, or otherwise forget it.

I don’t think the insurrection act will do much for trump. The military was not on Trumps side during the summer when there was riots and a legitimate need to invoke the insurrection act, or at least the top of the military was not on his side. Trump trying to use the military to stay in power is not going to end well for the US, and would probably not turn out well for Trump either.

Like, what the fuck is this even at this point. Why do people think that it's okay that Donald Trump is going to activate the Insurrection Act -- this man would literally be declaring martial law and and destroying the democracy that we've built to this point.

I don't think he'll do it, but if he does that's a truly horrible thing that should never be done. EVER.

I have not heard any elected Republican official, nor any official in the Republican party call for Trump to invoke the insurrection act. I also have not heard of any mainstream right-leaning person call for Trump to use the military to stay in power.

Obviously, there will always be people calling for rather extreme things to happen.

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Conservatives for years yelled about Obama and how he was going to takeover American democracy to further his own interests. He NEVER declared martial law and he never attempted to takeover the country.

I would point out that Obama weaponized the IRS in the 2012 election season to harass right-leaning interest groups. The Obama administration also used/abused the FISA court to spy on an opposition party presidential campaign.

I would also point out that Clinton supporters had called for Trump's electrical college electors to vote for someone other than Trump in order to prevent him from becoming president.

Obama never declared martial law, but the record does show he acted corruptly in order to keep himself and his party in power.