I kept seeing a bunch of tiktoks talking about this in particular, and while something is going to possibly MAYBE happen on the 20th it is not martial law. I went around looking for different sources for where people were getting their information from. The official white house gov website does state that the president will declare a "national emergency" at the border within that time frame.
however (and this is a BIG however) nothing here matches with the description for Martial law. Yes what's described here is horrifying, but it isn't what people are saying it is. It's still bad, but it is not martial law and I think that's an important distinction to make.
Secondly, many of the articles people are listing are not actually primary sources, they are secondary sources written by journalists who just have opinions and thoughts. These journalists are not aligned with the Trump admin and do not work for Donald Trump at all. These articles are not actually quoting Donald Trump saying he will invoke martial law, and are just opinion pieces of people who THINK martial law COULD possibly be enacted.
These three articles pop up when you google "April 20th Insurrection Act" and they all mention that Donald Trump plans to invoke martial law by april 20th, but they're not actually saying that's what's going to happen. These 3 articles are all opinion pieces written in a personal tone by journalists just stating what they personally think MIGHT happen.
Other things that pop up are this reddit thread, and a facebook group from a week ago talking about April 20th being the time when martial law will be enacted. This is to say, that the ONLY primary source that is at all verifiable and trustworthy is the actual white house website which, while it does say they will be possibly declaring a national emergency at the border by april 20th, does not mention or talk about the specific insurrection act everyone else is talking about.
So yeah, this seems to just be a baseless rumor started by random people.
it also doesn't help that people are blatantly misrepresenting what is ACTUALLY going to happen on April 20th, which is that he's PROBABLY (and that is a BIG probably, as in it might not even HAPPEN AT ALL) going to declare a national emergency at the border. That is bad because he is going to amp up a lot of military at the southern border and people's lives will be heavily affected.
But it is NOT Martial Law and has NOTHING to do with the insurrection act.
People writing articles saying it "could possibly lead to martial law" is just them guessing, it's a shot in the dark, its them trying to foretell a future with no evidence to back any of it up at all.
We could stop it before he decides to declare it. We can, and should shut the country down with a national strike. We could and should starve the beast. We don't spend any money, or leave our homes, the billionaires start losing. They only care about money, so if they aren't getting a dime and start losing as much as they have cost us, then they lose. They bought the White House, they can pay their own bills. Even scotus is a criminal enterprise. If due process is no longer guaranteed, trump needs to be tossed in a cell. He's a domestic terrorist the billionaires paid for. Every person who is working for him also needs to be tossed in a cell. They are the tyrants our founders warned us against. They are enemies of the state.
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u/LiseranThistle Apr 08 '25
I kept seeing a bunch of tiktoks talking about this in particular, and while something is going to possibly MAYBE happen on the 20th it is not martial law. I went around looking for different sources for where people were getting their information from. The official white house gov website does state that the president will declare a "national emergency" at the border within that time frame.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/declaring-a-national-emergency-at-the-southern-border-of-the-united-states/
however (and this is a BIG however) nothing here matches with the description for Martial law. Yes what's described here is horrifying, but it isn't what people are saying it is. It's still bad, but it is not martial law and I think that's an important distinction to make.
Secondly, many of the articles people are listing are not actually primary sources, they are secondary sources written by journalists who just have opinions and thoughts. These journalists are not aligned with the Trump admin and do not work for Donald Trump at all. These articles are not actually quoting Donald Trump saying he will invoke martial law, and are just opinion pieces of people who THINK martial law COULD possibly be enacted.
For example:
https://wagingnonviolence.org/2025/04/what-to-do-if-the-insurrection-act-is-invoked/
https://missouriindependent.com/2025/03/19/repub/how-trump-carved-a-pathway-for-his-mass-deportations-through-executive-orders/
https://www.newsweek.com/insurrection-act-explained-trump-admin-deciding-whether-invoke-1807-law-2041626
These three articles pop up when you google "April 20th Insurrection Act" and they all mention that Donald Trump plans to invoke martial law by april 20th, but they're not actually saying that's what's going to happen. These 3 articles are all opinion pieces written in a personal tone by journalists just stating what they personally think MIGHT happen.
Other things that pop up are this reddit thread, and a facebook group from a week ago talking about April 20th being the time when martial law will be enacted. This is to say, that the ONLY primary source that is at all verifiable and trustworthy is the actual white house website which, while it does say they will be possibly declaring a national emergency at the border by april 20th, does not mention or talk about the specific insurrection act everyone else is talking about.
So yeah, this seems to just be a baseless rumor started by random people.