Country is On Fire

[detbuch]

Originally Posted by Got Stripers

We have reached a low when the president instead of trying to calm the country is threatening US military in states that don’t handle this to his satisfaction.

As in past riots that local government couldn't handle, the national guard was able to "calm the country."

[Got Stripers]

Originally Posted by detbuch

As in past riots that local government couldn't handle, the national guard was able to "calm the country."

The national guard is not the only military action he was threatening, states have done that, he is threatening more federal intervention.

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by Got Stripers

The national guard is not the only military action he was threatening, states have done that, he is threatening more federal intervention.

if the national guard can’t ensure safety, doesn't trump have the obligation to raise the bar? eisenhower sent in the 101st airborne to ensure school
desegregation after the national guard failed to do so.

if the national guard can’t do it, is the potus supposed to just watch cities burn?
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[Ian]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

if the national guard can’t ensure safety, doesn't trump have the obligation to raise the bar? eisenhower sent in the 101st airborne to ensure school
desegregation after the national guard failed to do so.

if the national guard can’t do it, is the potus supposed to just watch cities burn?
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That’s been his tactic with PPE and other preventative measures with Covid... “Let the states handle it”

Now that black people are involved in an activity associated with unrest, he all of a sudden wants to intervene in state business to look like a tough guy for his supporters

You can have one or the other, but selectively applying your own rules is never a good idea when things are being recorded and reported live
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[detbuch]

Originally Posted by Ian

That’s been his tactic with PPE and other preventative measures with Covid... “Let the states handle it”

Now that black people are involved in an activity associated with unrest, he all of a sudden wants to intervene in state business to look like a tough guy for his supporters

You can have one or the other, but selectively applying your own rules is never a good idea when things are being recorded and reported live
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Blacks are proportionately hit harder by Covid, and they reminded Trump about that. And that was reported live.

[Ian]

Originally Posted by detbuch

Blacks are proportionately hit harder by Covid, and they reminded Trump about that. And that was reported live.

What does this have to do with the point that you quoted to respond to?
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[Got Stripers]

Trump using military police to move US citizens expressing their freedom of speech so he could walk across to street to have a photo op in front of the church says it all; it’s always been all about him. I’m surprised he didn’t get killed by a bolt of lightening as he held up a book he clearly doesn’t live his life by.

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by Ian

That’s been his tactic with PPE and other preventative measures with Covid... “Let the states handle it”

Now that black people are involved in an activity associated with unrest, he all of a sudden wants to intervene in state business to look like a tough guy for his supporters

You can have one or the other, but selectively applying your own rules is never a good idea when things are being recorded and reported live
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ah, trump doesn’t like
blacks. trump, who celebrated low black unemployment and who advocated for criminal justice reform which disproportionately helps blacks, he doesn’t like
blacks.

put down the kool aid and use the brain god gave you.
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[Ian]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

ah, trump doesn’t like
blacks. trump, who celebrated low black unemployment and who advocated for criminal justice reform which disproportionately helps blacks, he doesn’t like
blacks.

put down the kool aid and use the brain god gave you.
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I’d ask the same of you. I’m not saying he doesn’t like black people. I’m saying that he is playing both sides of a coin, and that game lays conveniently across a perceived racial line.

Let’s peel back the racial component of it for a second: He is saying that he wants states to deal with their problems themselves but then says he is going to send in the military regardless of state support to meddle in municipal law and order enforcement.

Where was the offer to send in the military and all the resources of the federal government when Covid was ravaging states from coast to coast and governors were begging him to help?

Use the brain you were given to realize that he thinks he is playing 3D chess but everyone is just watching him play checkers.

Many things can be true at the same time.
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[detbuch]

Originally Posted by Got Stripers

The national guard is not the only military action he was threatening, states have done that, he is threatening more federal intervention.

Keyleigh McEnany in her press briefing today said that the "assets" that General Milley would be in charge of is the national guard.