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From: Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Awfully quiet in here...
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 19:14:08 -0600
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On 11/11/2024 6:38 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> Paul S Person  <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
>> I believe he also had the Brownshirts
>> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmabteilung], which were both larger
>> and more disciplined than any "militia" existing in the USA today.
>>
>> So the parallel fails at the critical point: no large disciplined
>> group of thugs designated as Republican Party security to carry out
>> Trump's will.
> 
> Trump attempted in 2020 in Oregon to use Federal police to shut down
> demonstrations and he mostly got away with it.
> 
> I think that use was actually constitutional although the courts never
> got a chance to rule on it.  I don't think it -should- be constitutional
> however.
> --scott

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_Army

Lynn