1/ If riots or any other type of emergency is going on in a state, a governor can ask for federal help. If they don’t, it’s because they don’t believe the situation warrants it.
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2/ Oregon’s governor didn’t ask for help because she didn’t want it, and she & the mayor of Portland have made it clear the federal troops are unwelcome. TBW says they’re rolling out a plan this week to invade other cities as well, where presumably they will be equally unwelcome.

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3/ I use the word “invade” deliberately, to counter the false Trump narrative that the federal troops are there to help, to provide “Law & order.” That’s an old political canard. The troops being lawless themselves, they can hardly restore law and order.
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4/ In 1963 JFK sent federal troops to Alabama to force George Wallace to desegregate the U of A. So yes, a president can send in troops. But what’s going on now is nothing but tough guy election year theatre. It’s an unneeded dog whistle with illegal behavior by untrained troops.
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The so called police union is asking Trump's nazi's to come to Chicago.
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@marwilliamson THE MAYOR OF PORTLAND AND THE GOVERNOR OF PORTLAND ARE FIT FOR JAIL. When enough is enough only then is it enough. If city and state do not protect them law abiding citizens protecting their assets must be absolved for stopping the problem themselves, at any cost.
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