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Frank D. Lincoln

(700 posts)
8. The Insurrection Act of 1807.
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 02:11 AM
Dec 26

Last edited Thu Dec 26, 2024, 03:33 AM - Edit history (1)

From Wikipedia's article on Project 2025:

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025|

In November 2023, The Washington Post reported that deploying the military for domestic law and immigration enforcement[38] under the Insurrection Act of 1807 would be an "immediate priority" for a second Trump administration. That aspect of the plan was being led by Jeffrey Clark, a contributor to the project and former official in Trump's Department of Justice.[39][41] Clark is a senior fellow at the Center for Renewing America (CRA), a Project 2025 partner.[176] The plan reportedly includes directing the DOJ to pursue those Trump considers disloyal or political adversaries.


Even during the George Floyd protests, Trump wanted to invoke the Insurrection Act to use active duty troops against the protestors, even advocating that the protestors be shot in the legs. This met with resistance from Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley. But if MAGA is able to successfully purge our general officers and replace them with generals who are Trump loyalists, then that would provide a path for Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 and usher in a full-fledged dictatorship.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-insurrection-act-project-2025/

Therefore, the chances of a Trump dictatorship are extremely high.

If a Trump dictatorship is achieved, new detention centers throughout the country will spring up fast. I'm guessing that these will give way to actual concentration camps.

This could conceivably be followed by the confiscation of all firearms from American citizens.

I think it's going to become more and more clear that Trump is indeed "America's Hitler," as JD Vance warned years ago.

The Americans who will be the safest are the ones who will have already successfully emigrated to a foreign country not on the North American continent once January 20, 2025 rolls around. But even people in that group won't be safe if they're on Trump's enemies list. They will be pursued even in foreign countries. Michael Cohen might survive having legally changed his name and moved to a foreign country (even then, no guarantees).

But most of us will be in grave danger once Trump gets back in and consolidates his power.

Trump voters combined with the people who voted for Biden but didn't for Harris have screwed us (and themselves) royally.

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