So, another line is kinda being crossed in my view, and now Donald Trump is calling for the execution of six democratic congress people, claiming they committed "sedition" and that such a crime is "punishable by death."
Their crime? Urging military personnel to refuse unlawful orders, which is something they not only have a legal right to do, but a legal obligation. Why is this important? Well, because we're in a very precarious spot. As we know, Trump is an authoritarian and more or less a fascist. He wants to be a dictator, and he might even plan on using the military to commit unlawful orders in the future. We also know that he's sending federal troops and state national guards to other states' cities, which is legally controversial since in many cases, democratic lawmakers and executives in those states did not consent to. We also know that Trump is training national guard forces for riot control, and that the plan is to have them ready by April 2026. Is he trying to prepare his military to put down mass protests in April 2026? Does he plan to weaponize the national guard against its own people? Apparently.
Again, we're dealing with a fascist. We're dealing with someone who, while very dumb and unhinged himself, has very smart people working to craft a hostile takeover against the US government for its own ends. And when democratic congresspeople remind military people that they have a right and a duty to refuse unlawful orders, they're undermining Trump's authority on this matter, which he really doesn't like. is it sedition? Well, to a fascist like Trump, it is. He sees himself as the law and he wasn't want things like actual laws or judges to stand in his way. He wants to use force to impose his will on the American people regardless of what checks and balances say. That said, is it actually seditious? No. If anything, troops are supposed to have their loyalty to the constitution and its principles, not any individual ruler, even a president. Trump is wrong here, and if anyone is seditious, it's him. After all, he's the one who incited a mob of supporters to attack the Capitol on January 6th, and then sat on his hands while they ransacked the place for HOURS.
My theory is this. He's going to try to break American democracy going into the 2026 or 2028 midterms somehow. He's already talked about ending the filibuster so he could pass legislation that requires voter ID to vote, with no mail in voting either. The whole point of this, by the way, is voter suppression. And if he loses, he's doing to deny the results again and try to use the military to impose his control over the country. This is why I told you guys to just vote for the democrats in 2024. It's not that I like them, they're scumbags too, but hey at least they aren't trying to actively end democracy.
Either way, by this point, anyone reading this should see what's really going on. No, the congresspeople in question didn't commit sedition, and it's incredibly dangerous to imply that they did. Rather, Trump is just butthurt someone challenged his authority and he's trying to use threats (which he may back up with force in the future) to bully and intimidate people to get his way. This is a very dangerous time for American democracy. We really are witnessing an attempted hostile takeover of the US government and the erosion of democracy, rule of law, and checks and balances. Anyway, that's why checks and balances exist. To stop madmen like him. We don't actually WANT a dictator because we see how that goes. Just look at countries like North Korea or Saddam Hussein's Iraq to see what unchecked dictatorial power actually leads to.
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