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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nBut what if the \u201cbackup\u201d shows up without invitation? What if the President ignores the local authorities or even the state governor, and \u201cfederalizes\u201d the National Guard? Then there\u2019s a big cross-wiring of authority \u2013 who\u2019s in charge? And there\u2019s an even bigger issue: if the National Guard is Federalized, and ICE is the Federal Government enforcing immigration laws, then the National Guard becomes the \u201ctarget\u201d of the protestors \u2013 after all, it\u2019s not ICE out there trying to hold them back. It\u2019s definitely pouring gas on a fire, using the Guard instead of the local police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of course, that\u2019s exactly what the Trump Administration wants \u2013 gas on a fire to make a conflagration. It proves their point, that \u201cDemocrat Cities Can\u2019t Control their Citizens\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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And the local authorities are still trying to control protest, while protecting civil rights. Yesterday it seemed clear that the Los Angeles City Police were trying to \u201cserve and protect\u201d and the Los Angeles Sheriff\u2019s Department was trying to provoke violence. And what about the National Guard and even the US Marines now on site? Well, they are \u201changing out\u201d, with their thumbs stuck firmly up their\u2026webbed belts. But they make \u201cattractive\u201d targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, millions made their feelings clear all across America. From blue states to red, big cities to small towns, Americans took to the streets to protest the wide range of Trumpian usurpations in the \u201cNo Kings\u201d marches. Whether it was 5 million or 11 million (estimates vary): it was a whole lot of people willing to \u201cRise Up\u201d in protest about what\u2019s going on. And other than the two attacks on the protestors (noted above), and the Sheriff\u2019s Department violence in Los Angeles, the millions were notably peaceful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What\u2019s different today, after \u201cNo Kings\u201d?\u00a0\u00a0We know that there truly are Americans, in every niche of our country, who don\u2019t like what\u2019s going on.\u00a0\u00a0From Newark to Mansfield, from Maine to California, in Ruby-Red Nebraska, and in overheated Texas:\u00a0\u00a0Americans want something very different from the Trump Administration.\u00a0\u00a0Of course, Stephen Miller isn\u2019t listening.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00a0But the Republican Congressmen and Senators up for election next year should be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"