Trump considering a move to invoke Insurrection Act

It would be the first time the act to deploy U.S. troops was invoked since the 1992 Rodney King protests.

Monday, June 1st 2020, 5:17 PM EDT by NBC News

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is considering invoking a 213-year-old federal law that would allow him to deploy active-duty U.S. troops to respond to protests in cities across the country, according to four people familiar with the internal White House discussions.

Trump has warmed to the idea of using the Insurrection Act, adopted in 1807, to deploy troops as his frustrations mount over the protests that have followed the death of George Floyd, a black man who was killed in police custody last week in Minneapolis.

Some of the president’s aides have been encouraging him for days to invoke the act, as he weighs options for exercising executive powers to address the crisis. The act was last invoked during the 1992 Rodney King riots in Los Angeles.

The White House did not respond to a request for comment for this article but at a briefing with reporters Monday, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany left open the possibility that the president could invoke the act.

“The Insurrection Act, it’s one of the tools available, whether the president decides to pursue that, that’s his prerogative,“ McEnany said.

https://www.wrcbtv.com/story/42197333/trump-considering-a-move-to-invoke-insurrection-act

Donald Trump is the bravest man in America

By Alexandra Petri, June 1, 2020 at 3:48 p.m. CDT

Such courage!

How fortunate we are to have as president the bravest man in America. A man who was not afraid — when even Joe Biden was standing above ground and meeting with protesters — to boldly go down into a secure bunker. Now that was an act of courage! Hiding under the ground, which is a scary place full of earthworms and moles (some could be malignant) and cicadas and very long roots! Secreting himself in a bunker of limited size, laughing in the face of claustrophobia, even though he was forced to confront head-on the terrifying fact that all the items around him might have been touched by Dick Cheney during his brief time in the same spot — only a very daring man would have the guts to venture there. Hiding below the White House, where Andrew Johnson’s ghost could possibly also be, at any time.

But his courage did not stop there. No! He was not afraid to pick up the telephone (always terrifying, because you cannot see your interlocutor, and sometimes you both start talking at the same time, which can haunt you for months afterwards) and yell at the nation’s governors that they needed to “dominate” and “get much tougher” and that “if you don’t dominate you’re wasting your time. They’re going to run over you, you’re going to look like a bunch of jerks.” This was not just a sign of bravery, but also intelligence, demonstrating his laser-like ability to pinpoint the one remark that might soothe or offer even a tiny bit of reassurance during a trying time, and then say the exact opposite.

But it was not just by phone that his courage demonstrated itself. He did not merely speak, but also typed! He managed to violate Twitter’s terms of service by glorifying violence, the act of a very bold man. Behind a keyboard is the most frightening place of all to be, much scarier than standing in a protest, because you do not know, for starters, if the keyboard is entirely clean, and also you might make a typo. And staring at the screen to which the keyboard is attached could lead to eyestrain.

It took immense bravery to say the very worst things at a time such as this. But that is the kind of bravery for which Donald Trump has always been known. Not afraid to heap insult on injury on insult, bold enough to cower, wise enough to plant his foot firmly in his mouth. Whereas most leaders stop at pouring oil on troubled waters, Donald Trump is brave enough to set that oil on fire!

So brave! So dominant! He is a beacon in the night, just like the White House wasn’t.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/01/donald-trump-is-bravest-man-america/

>>9417888

this is about the most ignorant garbage i think i've read in decades. i apologize for posting it but if we don't know their mindset we can't play defense!

The headline writer on Special Report has a wicked sense of humor.

Remarks from POTUS @ 6:15 tonight to address the nation per Special Report.

>>9418123

Maybe because we don't live in crowed polluted dem run cities?

>>9418155

It'll probably be late, kek.

>>9418183

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>>9418254

Take it easy, fren. We all feel the same. Get up and get out, stretch your bones, kiss your girl, go help someone else, find something constructive to do for awhile, even if that means taking out the garbage. Breaks are important to renew our spirits…

>>9418358

ohhhh, that explains it. yea those pops gonna get ya big time. is there any truth to his "adult" career btw?

>>9418057

Lost love photos??

>>9418456

My administration…

Welp, it's the "unifying" speech they all cried for so now they can rip it apart. Sigh.

>>9418327

SO SICK. This is DISGUSTING and I hope the people responsible are given some old-fashioned cowboy justice!