Showing posts with label martial law. Show all posts
Showing posts with label martial law. Show all posts

Thursday, January 25, 2024

Trump wants to send troops to the inner cities. A top senator wants to rein him in. - POLITICO

"President Trump has in fact talked about sending troops into cities where he regards the police as being inadequate — in effect, potentially declaring martial law," Blumenthal said, "so I think there needs to be stronger oversight." 

"I think part of the evidence for enacting reform is in fact Donald Trump's own statements about how he would abuse the insurrection powers," Blumenthal added… 

"I think to put the burden on the military for avoiding misuse of the insurrection powers of the presidency is an unfair burden on them," he added. "They're professionals, they're charged to protect the country. They should not be making decisions about whether it's proper to put the National Guard in Chicago to stop fentanyl trading."…

Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Greene, in text to Meadows, raised topic of martial law to keep Trump in power - The Washington Post

…The case against Greene was brought by Free Speech for People, a campaign-finance reform organization, on behalf of a group of voters from her district. The Free Speech group alleges that Greene, who has become a lightning rod for controversy and has gained a reputation as one of the Republican Party's most hard-right members, helped facilitate the ransacking of the Capitol in an attempt to stop the certification of Biden's win…


Monday, April 18, 2022

Ex-Roger Stone Aide Caught On Tape Making Shady Plea To Trump Fans Before Jan. 6 | HuffPost Latest News

…While claiming he was "not inciting violence or any kind of riots," Sullivan also told listeners that Trump would impose a form of martial law that day and would not be leaving office. 
"[Joe] Biden will never be in that White House," he reportedly said on the call. "That's my promise to each and every one of you."…


Thursday, January 14, 2021

PolitiFact | False claims on Facebook about martial law, Insurrection Act take cues from QAnon

... Facebook and Instagram posts are spreading false claims that President Donald Trump is set to impose martial law ahead of Joe Biden's inauguration. Many of them allude to QAnon, a baseless conspiracy theory that's banned on the platforms...


Thursday, December 24, 2020

As Trump meets with QAnon influencers, the conspiracy theory's adherents beg for dictatorship

... "These people have worked themselves into such a frenzied state thinking Trump won in a landslide and that the truth will be revealed any moment," he said. "When (President-elect Joe) Biden is sworn in, when none of the miracles they've been told are about to happen actually take place, it will be a life-shattering event."...

Monday, September 14, 2020

Roger Stone to Donald Trump: bring in martial law if you lose election

Roger Stone, whose 40-month prison sentence for lying to Congress and witness tampering in the Russia investigation was commuted by Donald Trump, has said Trump should seize total power and jail prominent figures including Bill and Hillary Clinton and Mark Zuckerberg if he loses to Joe Biden in November.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/13/roger-stone-to-donald-trump-bring-in-martial-law-if-you-lose-election

Friday, November 23, 2018

Dave Janda Says He Would Be Dead If Hillary Clinton Had Been Elected- RWW News:

Dave Janda says that if Hillary Clinton had won in 2016, America would be at war and under martial law, the economy would have collapsed, and he and hundreds of other conservatives would be dead. ....
https://youtu.be/Qb73I7tBGzs
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