Cotton: Trump should use Insurrection Act to deploy active-duty military to cities

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Cotton: Trump should use Insurrection Act to deploy active-duty military to cities
By Jordain Carney - 06/01/20 11:27 AM EDT

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) said on Monday that President Trump should use the Insurrection Act to deploy active-duty U.S. troops to cities impacted by protests and riots in the wake of the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man killed while in the custody of Minneapolis police.

Cotton, during an interview with Fox News, said that "if necessary the president should use the Insurrection Act to deploy active-duty military forces to these cities to support our local law enforcement and ensure that this violence ends tonight, not one more night." 

"What the president can do is say that justice will be done in accordance with law for George Floyd and we will always respect the right of peaceful protests ... but the rioting, the anarchy and the looting ends tonight. If local law enforcement is overwhelmed ... lets see how these anarchists respond when the 101st Airborne is on the other side of the street," Cotton added.

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[Applewood]

People, whether we want to admit it or not, we are at war.  It was really brought home to me last night and this morning, reading about the institutions, artifacts and houses of worship that were attacked.  Declaring Antifa a terrorist organization and maybe picking up a few low level organizers is not going to stop this war.  This enemy must be destroyed by any means necessary. 

[catfish1957]

People, whether we want to admit it or not, we are at war.  It was really brought home to me last night and this morning, reading about the institutions, artifacts and houses of worship that were attacked.  Declaring Antifa a terrorist organization and maybe picking up a few low level organizers is not going to stop this war.  This enemy must be destroyed by any means necessary.

You nailed it.  Problem we have though, is you have a complict MSM who are just licking their chops for some civilian causalites at the hands of LEO's or military.  I say we mobilize, clean up Gitmo, and ship all the f'ing rioters and looters there and let them rot. 

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

 

[txradioguy]

Nope it would just play into the media and the left's hands.

The National Guard has units to handle this stuff.  Let's let them actually do it.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Nope it would just play into the media and the left's hands.

I think we're past that point now. I want to see brains on the pavement. 

[txradioguy]

I think we're past that point now. I want to see brains on the pavement. 

I don't.  And there's a part of what Cotton is asking for the "no quarter" part is a war crime even under the Insurrection Act.

How about we let the NG troops that are there actually do their job.  I know that's a lot to ask of these Liberal politicians.

But the rioters aren't going to respect the NG troops when they are hitting the streets with weapons that have no ammo.  There are NG military police and infantry units that are trained in riot control that if given the proper orders and with their training would put down these riots rather quickly.

But like our ROE's in Iraq and Afghanistan...squish politicians are handcuffing them from acting properly.

The invocation of the Insurrection Act isn't necessary, allowing those NG troops to do their job IS necessary.

[XenaLee]

While watching the Dallas "protests".... I saw a white kid get doubled over by a rubber bullet.  No hint of why he was shot, but it instantly disabled him and his friends had to help him stagger off.  It showed the rubber round later.   Looked like the size of a vienna sausage tin, only solid black.

My question is... why the hell aren't police using these non-lethal rounds on the rioters (not on the protesters)?   Have the police been ordered to stand down by the leftist mayors and leftist police officials?

Point being... we don't need the damned military.  We just need the left in control of these cities to "ok" some pushback for a refreshing change.

[txradioguy]

My question is... why the hell aren't police using these non-lethal rounds on the rioters (not on the protesters)?   Have the police been ordered to stand down by the leftist mayors and leftist police officials?

That's pretty much what happened in every instance.  Look at how the cops in the 3rd Precinct in Minneapolis abandoned their house when the rioters showed up.

It's the result of decade upon decade of Liberals leading these cities.  They truly don' know how to function when their Liberal policies and beliefs start blowing up in their faces.

Perfect example of the police being hamstrung right now...DeCommio has told the NYPD that any officer drawing their weapon to defend themselves from the rioters will be suspended.

[Hoodat]

I agree with bringing in military to DC.  As for the rest of the country, it is Democrat-controlled states that are getting hit the hardest.  Let the chickens come home to roost.  If they need help, then they can call the Governor of Georgia to get some pointers on how to govern.

[XenaLee]

That's pretty much what happened in every instance.  Look at how the cops in the 3rd Precinct in Minneapolis abandoned their house when the rioters showed up.

It's the result of decade upon decade of Liberals leading these cities.  They truly don' know how to function when their Liberal policies and beliefs start blowing up in their faces.

Perfect example of the police being hamstrung right now...DeCommio has told the NYPD that any officer drawing their weapon to defend themselves from the rioters will be suspended.

Yeah.  Hamstringing the police is a typical leftist policy.   I can't even imagine how masochistic one would have to be to become a cop in 'any' leftist-run city.   They must truly have a death wish, since the pay sure as hell isn't commensurate with the suck.

Like one black woman told the looters ("please stop, you're going to get Trump re-elected")....this BS will backfire on the left come November.   Unless something "else" happens.   Which is entirely possible (or probable, considering the left's desperation).

[txradioguy]

Yeah.  Hamstringing the police is a typical leftist policy.   I can't even imagine how masochistic one would have to be to become a cop in 'any' leftist-run city.   They must truly have a death wish, since the pay sure as hell isn't commensurate with the suck.

IMHO it's the same mindset that we as soldiers have to have. We don't do this because of the particular backside warming a chair at the WH (or in the NYPD case Gracie mansion).  We do it because in some form or fashion we feel a calling to serve.

And at the end of the day that transcends politics.

[EdinVA]

The second Trump send in the troops, he will have to take over every state because these NT Governors, republican and democrat, will subvert everything he does, even at the cost of their citizens.

[Cyber Liberty]

That's pretty much what happened in every instance.  Look at how the cops in the 3rd Precinct in Minneapolis abandoned their house when the rioters showed up.

It's the result of decade upon decade of Liberals leading these cities.  They truly don' know how to function when their Liberal policies and beliefs start blowing up in their faces.

Perfect example of the police being hamstrung right now...DeCommio has told the NYPD that any officer drawing their weapon to defend themselves from the rioters will be suspended.

That Precinct House being burned down was their signal the rules are gone, just as surely as the fire at the Bastille signaled the French Revolution.  I fear this is going to gt worse before it gets better.

[txradioguy]

That Precinct House being burned down was their signal the rules are gone, just as surely as the fire at the Bastille signaled the French Revolution.  I fear this is going to gt worse before it gets better.

The Liberal Dr. Frankenstien's are now being attacked by the monster they created.

[Cyber Liberty]

The Liberal Dr. Frankenstien's are now being attacked by the monster they created.

The BLM and Antifa fodder are fools if they don't know they will be executed before we are.

[txradioguy]

The BLM and Antifa fodder are fools if they don't know they will be executed before we are.

Useful idiots.  And yes they will be the first ones executed by the people pulling their strings.

And the funny thing is...they'll be in complete shock and surprise when it happens.

[Cyber Liberty]

Useful idiots.  And yes they will be the first ones executed by the people pulling their strings.

And the funny thing is...they'll be in complete shock and surprise when it happens.

When they come after us, they'll get away with picking a few of us off for a short while, and when that happens 100 Million people are going to lock and load.  They have to draw that first blood.

I, too, am praying for July 1.  I'd rather see you driving kids off your lawn, than having to drive them off some strange city street.

[txradioguy]

When they come after us, they'll get away with picking a few of us off for a short while, and when that happens 100 Million people are going to lock and load.  They have to draw that first blood.

I, too, am praying for July 1.  I'd rather see you driving kids off your lawn, than having to drive them off some strange city street.

You and me both! 

[240B]

Useful idiots.  And yes they will be the first ones executed by the people pulling their strings.

And the funny thing is...they'll be in complete shock and surprise when it happens.

The New National Socialist American Workers Party will not tolerate a violent radicalized group of vandals, arsonists, and thugs, running around in their "new utopia" no matter what race they are. Some of them may become the new SS troops and the new Stasi Secret Police, but their primary usefulness will end once or if they are successful. It always does.

Then they, along with intellectuals, the wealthy, and any other perceived threat, will be put in camps so they can serve the State to control them. We have seen this play out in Russia, Cuba, Iran, Venezuela, China, N. Korea, Loas, VietNam, Cambodia, and on and on and on, all throughout history even from B.C. eras of Pharaohs.

Hitler sent them all to the Eastern Front among others, to die after he gained power. Because he saw them as a threat to his power. If they can overthrow the government once, they could try to do it again.

[Mesaclone]

The New National Socialist American Workers Party will not tolerate a violent radicalized group of vandals, arsonists, and thugs, running around in their "new utopia" no matter what race they are. Some of them may become the new SS troops and the new Stasi Secret Police, but their primary usefulness will end once or if they are successful. It always does.

Then they, along with intellectuals, the wealthy, and any other perceived threat, will be put in camps so they can serve the State to control them. We have seen this play out in Russia, Cuba, Iran, Venezuela, China, N. Korea, Loas, VietNam, Cambodia, and on and on and on, all throughout history even from B.C. eras of Pharaohs.

Hitler sent them all to the Eastern Front among others, to die after he gained power. Because he saw them as a threat to his power. If they can overthrow the government once, they could try to do it again.

If you want historical analogies, read up on the Parabalani of 5th century Alexandria...fanatical street thugs...and their related groups around the late Roman empire. These thugs, who did the dirty work of the regional Bishops (who were in ferocious rival with each other and with civil authorities), who were intent on supplanting the civil rule throughout the Empire and replacing it with ideologically driven Theocracy. Their actions to create chaos and civil disruption were a part of the final collapse of Rome's ability to administer an Empire...Romans thought the empire was eternal and were shocked when they realized how fragile it was when civil discord was lost. It can happen very quickly...the descent from Great Civilization to crumbling civil chaos. We are not immune to this proces.

I know that's a bit of a tangent...but damn there's a lot of relevant comparisons between ancient Rome and modern America.

[bilo]

That Precinct House being burned down was their signal the rules are gone, just as surely as the fire at the Bastille signaled the French Revolution. I fear this is going to gt worse before it gets better.

I don't think so. If the leftists don't stand down pretty quick they will find more and more armed people ready to defend their families and property. From what I've seen most of the Antifa types look like a bunch of suburban children of Karens.

[bilo]

The Liberal Dr. Frankenstien's are now being attacked by the monster they created.

It has to have caused some Rat voters to start rethinking their support of liberal mayor's and governor's. Trump is only now getting ready to get directly involved after these local politicians have proven themselves useless.

I hope we don't see active military deployed. If they are we need to recognize they are not police. They are soldiers.

[Applewood]

It has to have caused some Rat voters to start rethinking their support of liberal mayor's and governor's. Trump is only now getting ready to get directly involved after these local politicians have proven themselves useless.

I hope we don't see active military deployed. If they are we need to recognize they are not police. They are soldiers.

I don't believe anyone really wants to see the military deployed, but it seems Democrat governors and mayors have left no other alternative since they can't or won't do their jobs to protect the law abiding citizens from these terrorists.  No one wants to recognize it, but we are at war.  These terrorists have declared war on America and its institutions.  If the local authorities won't do the job, the military should. 

[Hoodat]

I hope we don't see active military deployed. If they are we need to recognize they are not police. They are soldiers.

Little Rock, Arkansas - 1957