A chilling exchange about the Insurrection Act reveals an authoritarian strategic vision, ZeeshanAleem writes.
suggests using the Insurrection Act, underscores how Trump's inner circle wasn't simply seeking ways to delay Trump's departure from the White House, but actively gaming out how he could stay in power even in the face of a mass movement to restore democracy — using military force.
According to the indictment, Philbin repeatedly discouraged Trump and his loyalists from trying to stay in the White House beyond the end of his term. In December, he allegedly told Trump, “There is no world, there is no option in which you do not leave the White House [o]n January 20th.” Then on the afternoon of Jan. 3, Philbin apparently tried to dissuade “Co-Conspirator 4” from trying to assume the role of acting attorney general as part of a.
This stunning statement marks not just an authoritarian posture, but an authoritarian strategic vision. This stunning statement marks not just an authoritarian posture, but an authoritarian strategic vision. The Insurrection Act allows the president to deploy the military domestically to put down a rebellion or unrest. The law has been invoked a handful of times in the past century, most recently by then-President George H.W. Bush to put down the Los Angeles riots in 1992 after the police beating of Rodney King.
It appears that the unnamed “Co-Conspirator #4” was inclined to exploit the law's extraordinary power as a way to quell massive resistance and consolidate power in the wake of a Trump coup.Would the military have obeyed and carried out Trump's orders? It's impossible to know, but I am somewhat skeptical.
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