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>>obilgi+(OP)
So my question: will Trump quickly and lethally invoke the Insurrection act? Will the Joint Chiefs comply or create a constitutional crisis?

If this isn’t shut down quickly, I predict we see a national movement like this by Juneteenth.

>>kf+e2
His threat to use the Insurrection Act last week was one of the most unpopular acts of his entire presidency, and directly led to the major rebukes from people like Mattis. So I doubt it.

>>Trasma+t5
While that’s a fair point, this situation is a more literal insurrection than the previously seen protests and taking of goods from stores. CHAZ has declared their independence from the USA and historically that kind of thing is really not allowed. Has Trump so thoroughly lost control that secession is legal now?

>>kf+k6
They haven't actually declared themselves independent from the US.

That blurb on the website "You are now leaving the USA" is tongue in cheek.

The actual demands make no such claim about independence, all US Federal, State, and Local laws still apply.

There will eventually be arrests, and the WORST thing Trump can do is attempt to use the military to squash relatively peaceful protests.