Governors need to call up their national guard, and place them around their state’s vulnerable election infrastructure, with orders to prevent illegal interference in their local elections.
ICE can probably outman and outgun any local police department, outside of major ones like NYPD or LAPD, but not the national guard.
Trump would be forced to bring in the actual military to steal the election by force. At that point, he either has the support for a coup, or he doesn’t.
Governors need to call up their national guard, and place them around their state’s vulnerable election infrastructure, with orders to prevent illegal interference in their local elections.
ICE can probably outman and outgun any local police department, outside of major ones like NYPD or LAPD, but not the national guard.
Trump would be forced to bring in the actual military to steal the election by force. At that point, he either has the support for a coup, or he doesn’t.
Wouldn’t be just federalize the NG at that point, though?
That would require a valid reason to do that. Not that I have faith in the checks and balances of the USA, but that would require an extra step
The members of the NG aren’t mindless drones. They have stakes in their elections being honest.