National Guard members and Marines, called to Los Angeles by President Trump to prevent violent protests, can otherwise only serve in support roles.
“If there’s an insurrection, I would certainly invoke it. We will see,” he said.
We have not even seen “actual military violence” at this point. Keep that in mind when you argue that it doesn’t matter if this escalates further bc what else could Trump do, the answer is this.
It’s fine when it’s their tyrant taking control.
They could put the entire state under martial law and completely and illegally replace CA leadership with his own cronies with lengthy records of corruption and conflicts of interest and Trumps supporters will say, “Finally a President had the guts to crack down on that lawless hellhole of a state. The Nations healing begins!”