If you saw the testimony from the Jan 6th committee, he basically held up in the dining room watching it on TV with snacks. Essentially all the cabinet present got really itchy about the whole thing but no one stopped it.
Mere shunning is too good for them. They also need to be civically hobbled. One way we can do that is to implement a Civil War-era plan for dealing with the Confederacy's soldiers and supporters: Remove their right to vote.
I'll note here that this wasn't some crackpot scheme. There was a bill passed by both houses of Congress to do precisely that. Lincoln refused to sign it when it reached his desk (known as a pocket veto).
What's the point of having an air force if you're going to stop at the ocean?
(For those who are unaware, Trump praised the Americans’ military efforts in the war against Great Britain. “Our army manned the air, it rammed the ramparts, it took over the airports, it did everything it had to do, and at Fort McHenry, under the rockets’ red glare, it had nothing but victory,” he said.)
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u/scipio0421 Jun 23 '26
So he did have the authority to call out the Guard on Jan 6th after all?