Summary
Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) sparked controversy with a fiery speech outside the Treasury Department, declaring, “We are at war!” and calling for the Senate to be shut down in response to Elon Musk’s access to federal payment systems.
Her remarks, applauded by some Democrats, drew backlash from Republicans, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who likened them to “a call for insurrection.”
State militias already exist, we call them “National Guard”
Well not exactly. The Executive branch is the top authority for the National Guard. If Trump wants to send the California National Guard to the Texas border with Mexico he can.
The closest analogue to a militia would be the California Highway Patrol. Trump can’t command them to do shit about fuck. However they’re not really on par as far as logistics and material. Considering they don’t have an airforce, or any appreciable armor assets.
I didn’t know that. You sure are a correct horse battery staple, thanks
I couldn’t justify putting correct in my username on Lemmy. But I loved the reference too much not to use it, so here I am, a less secure truncated version of a better password.
That’s fair enough, it would seem like hubris to the uninitiated. Don’t tell the feds but that’s my SSD encryption phrase lmfao
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I mean it’s on Lemmy and defederated so they know… There’s no deleting anything from here. Act accordingly
Technically yes. But if the Governor refuses things get interesting. And in a National Guard unit they’re far more likely to side with the Governor than the President.
Yep it would be another constitutional crisis
Which nobody would even be contemplating without the first constitutional crisis going on.
It’s crisis all the way down
Yup