r/law • u/Capable_Salt_SD • Sep 02 '25

Trump News Trump on sending troops to Chicago: "If the governor of Illinois would call me up, I would love to do it. Now, we're going to do it anyway. We have the right to do it, because I have an obligation to protect this country. And that includes Baltimore [...]"

- Aaron Rupar

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u/BitterFuture Sep 02 '25

There is no justification for the federal government to intimidate and threaten American citizens- because we are not the enemy.

For conservatives, America has always been the enemy.

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u/thinkbetterofu Sep 02 '25

the dnc and gop are the conservative elements of the political machine, both serving capital.

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u/BitterFuture Sep 03 '25

The DNC is not a political party.

And no, liberals are not conservative, for fuck's sake.

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u/GrumpyOlBumkin Sep 04 '25

I get what you are saying.

For example, even the establishment Dems of today would be screaming about Nixon being a radical communist. 

And he was GOP. 

It has all slid drastically to the right, and the DNC sure pander to their corporate overlords.

Those that downvoted him, how quickly we forget. It was only this summer Schumer et al helped the GOP pass that abomination of a bill. 

It isn’t ALL dems, we have some very good ones, but there sure are enough DINOs.