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[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 26 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

Any American who picks up arms to support a fascist dictator against the constitution and its people deserves nothing less than to be tried for treason

[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 21 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Fucking Biden. The Supreme Court put a gun in his hand. If he'd used it and sent Seal Team 6 to Mar-a-Lago we wouldn't be having these problems.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 25 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

OR, hey OR we could have shown up and voted for Harris. That also would have prevented a demented rapist felon from causing these problems.

But y’know. She loves genocide or some russian troll shit.

[–] monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 13 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

BuT sHe WaS nOt My PeRfEcT cAnDiDaTe!!!

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago

I know, man. I know.

And that’s why all this insanity had to happen.

[–] timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 hours ago

Par for the course- Republicans do something awful and someone comes and blames Democrats.

[–] A7thStone@lemmy.world 0 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

The numbers don't support that story. The people who didn't vote were moderates who didn't feel a need to since they didn't see the status quo changing significantly either way.

[–] BassTurd@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

Then they're fucking idiots.

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 hours ago

I don't really understand. Your statement seems to be the same as the one you're responding to.

The status quo has changed dramatically, because a bunch of voters were too apathetic to vote for Harris.

[–] ToadOfHypnosis@lemm.ee 11 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (3 children)

That would have blew up this country. Biden should have arrested him for January 6th day one in office, sure. Sentiment was against Trump then. Killing him with government forces would have made him a martyr to all the right’s deep state propaganda.

[–] Xanthobilly@lemmy.world 13 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

You’re right. It’s certainly not blown up now by letting a criminal run things.

[–] ijedi1234@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

You underestimate American complacency. Ordering the military to purge all life at Mar-A-Lago would cause a week of uproar, and then no one would care about it again.

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

The left are complacent and forget, the right invent grievances and hold on to them forever—just look at how much they still talk about Obama.

[–] sleepyleaf@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

Honestly, I think the exact opposite. Biden should have given Trump a full and complete pardon day one in office. Four years of federal and state prosecution did nothing but keep Trump in the news, day in and day out, and make Republicans more and more committed to defending him. All the FBI accomplished was giving Trump four years of free publicity - the most valuable political donation in American history - and guaranteeing Trump would remain the unquestioned leader of the conservative movement.

And come on, did anyone actually think an American billionaire would ever see the inside of a prison cell? Trump was guaranteed to get off without consequences. Prosecuting him was meaningless from the start.

[–] ckmnstr@lemmy.world 16 points 9 hours ago

From the halls of Montezuma to the front yards of LA...

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 11 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Posse Comitatus:

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/posse-comitatus-act-explained

What does the Posse Comitatus Act say?

The Posse Comitatus Act consists of just one sentence: “Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress, willfully uses any part of the Army or the Air Force as a posse comitatus or otherwise to execute the laws shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.”

In practice, this means that members of the military who are subject to the law may not participate in civilian law enforcement unless doing so is expressly authorized by a statute or the Constitution.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Army or Air Force

Why he’s using the marines ya big dum dum

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 hours ago

They're also saying that the military is not being used to execute the laws, but rather to protect law enforcement officers