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Some governors have put troops on standby this week for the election, including Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas, who the San Antonio Express News reported had dispatched 1,000 Guard troops to major cities in anticipation of violence.
While federal law bars using federal troops, that restriction can be lifted by the president under the Insurrection Act, which allows the president to send in armed forces if he decides local authorities aren’t enforcing the laws of the United States. This has happened amid labor strikes and conflicts with Native Americans and to enforce school desegregation. The last time that the act was used was in 1992, when riots in Los Angeles broke out after four white police officers were acquitted in the beating of Rodney King, a Black motorist.
The Insurrection Act could complicate the response to civil unrest, Ms. VanLandingham said, because mayors and governors have no say in what is classified as insurrection, so troops could be sent in even if local authorities don’t think they are needed.
originally posted by: FlyingFox
a reply to: MagesticEsoteric
originally posted by: EndtheMadnessNow
a reply to: Creep Thumper
originally posted by: Creep Thumper
originally posted by: texasgirl
originally posted by: Creep Thumper
Q is awake and posting.
So, the left is trying to say the “Red Wave” is really just a mirage? Do they think they have the cheating in the bag?
I think tomorrow is going to be one for the history books. A record number of Democrats will be admitted to psych wards all across the country.
originally posted by: EndtheMadnessNow
WTF? Looks ritualistic.
twitter.com...
originally posted by: RelSciHistItSufi
a reply to: MagesticEsoteric
Take care over the coming week ME!
Perhaps arrange for the TV aerial to get disconnected?
The advice about "visiting family" sounds good to me... if nothing else, it stops either of you saying things that leave scars on your future relationship.
I have to admit something similar happened to me this evening... I visited my mother who then wanted to be taken to see my bro's new house.
She called me a "naive idiot" for putting so much unpaid effort into this... I told her I'd make her eat her own words and apologise in public... and she'd better drink up her wine or she'd be walking home.
Tensions definitely rising but to be expected - I think everyone senses how much is at stake!