Trump Considers Insurrection Act To Deploy US Troops Domestically | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC

Rachel Maddow explains that in order for Donald Trump to make good on his stated intention to deploy the U.S. military on U.S. soil against Americans, he would have to invoke the Insurrection Act. Aired on 6/2/2020.
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Trump Considers Insurrection Act To Deploy US Troops Domestically | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC

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  1. Trump turned off the lights in the White House and hid in the basement. Now he’s talking tough to compensate.

    1. The funny thing is you really don’t know why they turned off the lights but I do , and it wasn’t out of fear LOL
      cowards and fairies in the comments no nothing how real combat works  Double barrel middle finger to all you cowards. Keep pressing your luck

    2. Yep you would have to be deaf, dumb, and blind not to see his fake photo opt. Liar fraud can not be trusted. VOTE BLUE America deserves better than that bum.

    1. I know bunker baby has to show his manliness by fondling a bible outside. Sad orange dotard. The world is laughing at baby bunker.

  2. Use the system to change the system peacefully protest out side your police station break curfew get arrested refuse bail if 5 million do this the system’s will collapse

    1. The point of this deployment is to avoid that. They are not arresting large groups of peaceful protestors, they’re firing on them. That would be the point of doing it the way he is – to avoid mass passive civil disobedience.

    1. @Tanner Wilson LOL, he has a soft spot for Ivanka, but that’s about it. And he loves himself more than her, so . . .

    2. Countryhippie1969 Nope. There are a lot of really good people working behind the scenes. tRump and his goons have not been voted into office, yet.

    3. @Shawna Weesner So many leftists have fumble fingers. They have trouble with the Caps key on the keyboard. Trump, not tRump. But don’t be worried. It’s a common problem.

    4. @Shawna Weesner Cool. You found a time machine. You must tell us how it is possible to type in 2020 from prior to 2016. It sounds fascinating.

    1. bingo_fuel yes he did! As an ex corporal and failed painter he wouldn’t have gotten far would he….. so he became Chancellor of Germany! I’m a History nerd btw.

    2. Bingo Fuel – yes, trump follows in the cruel evil footsteps of Hitler, Mussolini, Mao, Stalin and his Best Buddy Kim.

    1. Good on you! Other than the China deals and the EB-5s, you’ve got it all, very neatly and concisely summed up. I live in Palm Beach and have known him since 1978. You are spot on.

    2. Oh, and the Epstein thing, but if they’re diehard ‘Hillary-did-it’ types, they would never believe that one and it would take too long to explain.

    3. @Constituent A Thank you.
      And as you mentioned, this is only the short version.
      I hope both of us get to see Mango Mussolini incarcerated for life.

  3. Trump called Russia and Korea yesterday!!!!!! This is where he gets his advice from DICTATORS!!!

    1. @Supre Macy china and russia are allies in trade because they are neighbours which makes sense. im from europe and i would love to see that we break up trade with murica.

    2. Annihilate MAGA Cult … yeah but we need to make sure we are not relying on either. Both greedy and neither care about the world. Regardless of what they say. China has been telling the US to stay out of HK issues, well now China in retaliation wants to bring the US protests to the human rights commission, so now they want to involve themselves with US issues after saying they never concern themselves with other countries. I’m tired of both, and both have shown me they can’t be trusted.

    3. @Supre Macy trump does not have a China problem. That is a charade. It has been this whole time.

  4. When in the entirity of US history has a President ever had to cower in a bunker because his own constituants were rioting outside?

    1. @Mike Malveaux Well cited and said!! Poor Trump never got his Purple Heart for his ‘bone spurs’ so he’s starting a civil war.

    2. This is the same coward who dodged the draft with “bone spurs” after his daddy made some calls. This is the pathetic loser that Republican men idolize for being “alpha” LMFAO. A coward President who hides in a bunker protected by secret service being people are protesting. It’s so pathetic and sad

    3. Perhaps Trump was the enema the GOP needed to return it to some form of decent functioning…

  5. First off against the whole world and now against his own people. Someone should pull the plug.

    1. Lmao what else does the media have to spoon feed you ? Trump spotted stabbing a cat in the street will be the next headline and Peta will turn over in their graves.

    2. John Doe – According to Scripture, God Himself will pull the plug on Antichrist Trump at the appointed time.

    3. Impeachment worked, thanks to senate he was not removed and actually figured he could get away with anything with their blessings
      Now, if any of them have any guts they need to join Dems and come up with a plan NOW. November might be too late
      Another 100,000 dead and his little army ready to protect him from election results
      10 years ago if another leader of a democratic country acted like he did…. killing off its own citizens….. US, and other developed countries might jump in🇨🇦

    4. Alex Anzivino Incompetency handling the virus. Did you know….. Vietnam had 0 deaths
      New Zealand 22
      Both started dealing with it in January while Trump was calling it a hoax ( despite being told it was coming) golfing and holding rallies. Even now he refused to test- trace- quarantine….as did Vietnam. and New Zealand
      In about 17 states, since he insisted on opening things like churches, restaurants, salons
      It is back and victim numbers on the rise
      He claims to support peaceful protest and yet rubber bullets, tear gas etc used to disperse peaceful gathering so he could have a phony photo op in front of a church- not where he spends his Sunday’s- holding a bible- which he has never read
      And is currently threatening to sic the military anywhere he wants
      Expect virus to claim another 100,000+ lives by the end of the year
      Also a misguided murder of an Iranian ( ISIS was actually making plans to attack embassies, not Iran) resulted in 279 civilians ( including families with young children) was blown out of the sky
      Children have died waiting in cages. Anyone know their current status?
      Do you really need more? What about Kurdish civilians slaughtered when his buddy from Turkey asked him to move troops out of Syria…. instead of making a plan, he tweeted
      Added bonus…. ISIS has been given a new lease on life thanks to his stupidity
      You may well be on the verge of civil war. Wake up for god’s sake 🇨🇦

  6. Where are the Elected leaders? Are they going to just let this madman run amuck trashing the Constitution and murdering Americans? Who are the real looters? Broke people protesting injustice or the ones that stole the entire American dream?tRump just stole our country by looting the Constitution.

    1. @William Beaton Come up with something helpful or constructive. Like:

      Study fungus, it’s the vanguard to reforestation.

    2. My guess is they’re out stocking up on ammo, except for Kamala Harris, Val Demmings and the mayor of Atlanta whose name escapes me – they need to be available for tv appearances because they are all being media tested to see who gets the best responses as they are all potential VP picks. Moscow Mickey Doodle-doo is in hiding, and he won’t be out unless Donnie needs him to push some nonsense through the Senate. The guys with the hammers breaking storefront glass are the Proud Boys. They won’t actually steal anything – they actually have decent paying jobs and are just there as instigators of damage. Most of the physical looting is probably done by people who need the money they can get from selling the merchandise, the Proud Boys just break the glass to provide the opportunity and then leave. The object is for the protestors to be blamed for all the damage, after all. The Proud Boys are a part of Roger Stone’s ‘political dirty tricks’ network.

  7. He’s mentioned civil war as a consequence of him losing election, this could be it🇨🇦good luck

    1. LK – I’ve known for a couple of years that trump’s base are violent and will stop at nothing to “protect” their “master”. Jim Jones deceived masses but now exponentially capable of greater harm and bloodshed. They have replaced their faith in, and worship of, Jesus with Antichrist Trump, their new “savior.”

    2. Yep, he and his worms did promise before the 2016 election, and yes, this is it. It’s already begun really. Floyd’s death was a convenient happenstance for him. Those guys with the hammers breaking storefront glass aren’t ‘protestors’, or BLM, and there’s no such thing as ‘Antifa’. They’re Roger Stone’s Proud Boys. Thank God Stone was arrested during this term, or I never would have known who they were, and might have actually fallen for the ‘violent protestors’ scam. They’re working for trump, make no mistake about it. So anyway, thank you for the well-wishes. Same team that won last time will again this time. And if you read the Book of Revelations, you’ll learn who wins in the end. It’s all good.

  8. I’ve got a question to the American public: If POTUS threatens to break
    your constitution by sending armed military forces against civilians
    without consent of the governors… why the heck don’t the governors of
    the surrounding states of DC assemble their National Guards and lay
    siege to the WH to end this farce? Just asking for a friend.

    1. tell your DB friend, the president will send those forces to stop the thugs, are you too much of a tart to realize starting fires is the cave man way of doing things

    2. @William Beaton Apparently the caveman in the White House is too much of a tart to realize he has bitten off more than he can chew.

    3. Popel – I hope your friend lives far enough away not to be caught in the crossfire, but, yeah. I trust the governors. It will be messy, because he won’t back down until, well, you know, but yeah. Coalitions formed during COVID when he abandoned them. They know what they are doing.

    1. CNN, Not to get political. Just to understands peoples thinking, and strategies. CNN hasn’t figures that Russia is thinking for him. Why,? He’s doing what he’s told to do. Clue: no paper voting. Why: because harder to control or rig elections by Russia maybe. Clue: Speak wiith Vladimir Putin and shortly after you hear doninate, jail for 10 years, laughing stock, and see them do ehst they did to clear the side walks. When people violate corona curfew in russia didn’t Russia reportedly jail them for 7 years. The list goes on. Trump calls governors weak and tells them to dominate the protesters, and Chief of Police tells trump to keep his mouth Shut; and basically for protesters to Vote Trump Out, and others like him.
      The strategy and thinking may be to keep young people distracted so as not to register.
      It makes one wonder the minds of how people think, or not. Follow emotion, and are distracted, wanting others to figure things out for them, with doing what will really matter. This goes in many aspects of life regardless of politics is the point. People can’t see what’s in plain sight. Exam: police sitting on the road clocking speeders. He’s right there but you dont see him until after you’ve been clocked. Why? Because people are distracted, not expecting, not paying attention. Note: You don’t see what’s in front of you.
      So there are so many protesters at the protest. No one brings papers and pens to sign up to register to make a change in a few months, but the yell and destroy. Yep. Just keep doing that. You’ll really be yelling and screaming. Lol

      Watch “Trump tells governors to ‘dominate’ protesters” on YouTube
      https://youtu.be/3er8nULW1t0

      Watch “‘Keep your mouth shut,’ police chief responds to Trump” on YouTube
      https://youtu.be/dZBZ_hwUobw

    2. Were Presidential tweets to be construed to be not only de-facto, but de jure, this fool should be in deep doo-doo.

  9. “Coast to coast, wherever he wants to, wherever he feels like he needs to.” Trump’s dream come true?
    He’s scared shitless. First the pandemic rattled his delusion of being in control, and now this. He sees the protests as a direct, personal threat.
    Unfortunately, his base are right there with him.

    1. CNN, Not to get political. Just to understands peoples thinking, and strategies. CNN hasn’t figures that Russia is thinking for him. Why,? He’s doing what he’s told to do. Clue: no paper voting. Why: because harder to control or rig elections by Russia maybe. Clue: Speak wiith Vladimir Putin and shortly after you hear doninate, jail for 10 years, laughing stock, and see them do ehst they did to clear the side walks. When people violate corona curfew in russia didn’t Russia reportedly jail them for 7 years. The list goes on. Trump calls governors weak and tells them to dominate the protesters, and Chief of Police tells trump to keep his mouth Shut; and basically for protesters to Vote Trump Out, and others like him.
      The strategy and thinking may be to keep young people distracted so as not to register.
      It makes one wonder the minds of how people think, or not. Follow emotion, and are distracted, wanting others to figure things out for them, with doing what will really matter. This goes in many aspects of life regardless of politics is the point. People can’t see what’s in plain sight. Exam: police sitting on the road clocking speeders. He’s right there but you dont see him until after you’ve been clocked. Why? Because people are distracted, not expecting, not paying attention. Note: You don’t see what’s in front of you.
      So there are so many protesters at the protest. No one brings papers and pens to sign up to register to make a change in a few months, but the yell and destroy. Yep. Just keep doing that. You’ll really be yelling and screaming. Lol

      Watch “Trump tells governors to ‘dominate’ protesters” on YouTube
      https://youtu.be/3er8nULW1t0

      Watch “‘Keep your mouth shut,’ police chief responds to Trump” on YouTube
      https://youtu.be/dZBZ_hwUobw

    2. Hopefully when they find out they rights have been taken from them under false pretenses and they were used. As a bait and switch they will rise against him. As you saw they were not hurt in WISCONSIN when they were pushing and screaming in the policeman faces armed image that being a African American. NSA knew that far right wing Nazi’s were planning on going to cities to create CHAOS. @nowthisnews has video

    3. @Holly White false pretenses?? Are you delusional? Have you not seen the civil unrest in many countries right now?

    4. @Holly White far right Nazis???? Have you lost your mind??? Look at the protesters too. Did you noticed all the black power symbols that were on signs?? Google “black power logo” and you’ll BLM uses the same logo. I will not and never support a group of people chanting “what do we want? Dead Cops! When do we want it? Now! Pigs in a blanket fry em like bacon!” Why do so many people support that hateful group? But I’m bad because I support all lives. Imagine if someone had a sign with the white power logo? I guarantee that would not go over well. If white power is bad, which it absolutely is, then black power should be bad too.

    1. CTM not all of them are liberal, you just don’t like their points of view, a centrist can sound like a liberal sometimes, Fox News is the biggest propaganda out there , nothing truthful ever. I’m a centrist I like some (yes some) conservative ideals as well as some liberal ideals, but supporting somebody like Trump is just plain stupidity, there are 100s of capable Republicans out there, why this man child? Will tell you why, because of his racism , no too way about it, I’m sorry but supporting him is supporting racism and that makes you a racist in my book.

    2. @Carl Jackson oh yeah right so CNN ABC CBS NBC MSNBC are not liberal propaganda and it’s only Fox News according to you? You’re registered Democrat obviously your bias and you refuse to accept that because you listen to those networks correct right?

    3. CTM now tell me the propaganda in this video, cos all I saw is somebody quoting and analysing some part of the constitution, but because you don’t like it, it’s certainly a propaganda

    4. Anglo telling the truth doesn’t make you a liberal, neither is been civil, hatred isn’t the Republican motto, seem you prefer lies. One station telling nothing but lies is enough methink. Fox can be a good conservative station if they just cut unnecessary lies out, I don’t mind difference of opinions but blatant lies as if the viewers has gotten nothing upstairs is a big no. How does this current video makes you a liberal, a constitution passage was quoted and analysed. Tell me if there’s anything not American about it?

    1. Pam Deshane
      Oh, princess, we’re already awake. Your little propaganda clip brings nothing to the adult’s table.

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