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| APRIL 20th, just anything Could happen 😜 🤣 |
There’s apparently a rumor on the left going around that on April 20th, Trump will declare martial law and use the Insurrection Act. Well it's probably going to be a bad day , because it's probably EAster ☀️ Sunday. So what's the buzz on the fact that something could trigger martial law in the United States. Way back in 2020 during the BLM George Floyd riots , Donald Trump was President, he was reluctant to declare martial law ..you know that was civil disobedience was shaking 🫨 the country along with COVID, he did nothing .Will HE DO IT Now? He's going to have a good excuse to declare it , getting past Congress first .According to Redacted News (Clint Fox News)(Former Anchor) saying Dems have confirmed 😂 that Trump will be declaring Martial Law on April 20th. Man this Timeline is Wild, it’s Sadistic and Parody Every single day. It’s like a Yearly Advent Calendar of Stupidity 666. It looked like the END of The World. So here are the reports: A large swathe of the US population is currently convinced that President Donald Trump will “invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807” and “impose martial law” on April 20. The belief stems from an Executive order that he signed on Inauguration Day what hinted at the possibility ‘within 90 days’. For example, one Facebook user posted, in part, "He's setting us up for Martial My main thought and wonder is, will people really just sit down and take it? Will the protests remain peaceful or are we in for something like storming the capitol level if Trump puts martial law in place?And also, what does martial law even look like? I read it brings out military forces and such for cities, but I'm in a small town so...does that mean even we get military roaming the streets? I sound like an idiot, I know. I'm just trying to learn about this.in case y'all were wondering how he plans on dealing with the backlash he's receiving. April 20." We literally have a form of martial law right now. Trump is using the Alien Enemies Act, an explicit wartime power, to disappear people in times of peace. And the Supreme Court gave it the okay. A Facebook user sharing the rumor, also noting former German dictator Adolf Hitler's birthday as April 20, wrote, in part, "Upcoming MAGA special events... April 20. Trump declares martial law in The United States of America." ( Who knows maybe 🧐🤔 it's possible that we'll have a terrorist act on US soil , or something to do with Iran ) . That possiblity is MUCH STRONGER 💪 than having a declaration of martial law. He signed an executive order on January 20th requiring Hegseth and Norm to give recommendations on whether to invoke the insurrection act by April 20th (90 days). Sure we have riots in the streets, vandalism, crime , burning it all down like it was in 2020 .The rumor partly pertained to a Trump executive order issued on Jan. 20 declaring a national emergency at the southern U.S. border. Part of that order requested Trump to receive a joint report from the secretaries of defense and homeland security "within 90 days" — or by April 20 — advising "whether to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807." The order did not explicitly mention the words "martial law." My main thought and wonder is, will people really just sit down and take it? Will the protests remain peaceful or are we in for something like storming the capitol level if Trump puts martial law in place? We literally have a form of martial law right now. Trump is using the Alien Enemies Act, an explicit wartime power, to disappear people in times of peace. And the Supreme Court gave it the okay.Martial law is defined as “a type of jurisdiction in which military authority temporarily replaces civil authority,” according to Cornell Law School. Under this rule, local agencies and authorities— like a mayor’s office or sheriff’s office— would have no power. Instead, they’d be replaced by military soldiers with orders to control and maintain order in times of war, civil unrest, natural disasters, etc. And many think Trump’s goal is to infuriate Americans— especially Black folks— enough to justifiably hit the switch. With protesters flooding the streets rebelling against his authority, it would be the perfect time for the president to declare martial law nationwide for God knows how long, and that’s the last thing any of us want. Has it Been Enacted Before? To understand the history of martial law in the U.S., you’d have to go back to the first time it was enacted in 1814, when then-General Andrew Jackson declared martial law in New Orleans to defend the city against a potential British invasion, according to the National Park Service. Since then, the practice has only evolved. The last time martial law was declared by the federal government was in Hawaii during World War II, right after the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. But in more recent history, the state of Maryland declared martial law in 1963, during the height of civil unrest of the Civil Rights Movement. Although it clearly takes a lot for martial law to be declared, that doesn’t mean Trump isn’t preparing for the country to get to that point, and many are scared. On X, @scythegenderr said they were “doomscrolling on tiktok and they sayin trump might pass the ‘insurrection act’ and declare martial law in april bro LEAVE ME ALONEEEE.” Well, let’s be clear, the U.S. Constitution doesn’t explicitly grant the president the power to declare martial law, but it also doesn’t explicitly say he can’t. The president can, however, use military force on civilians under specific, extreme circumstances, including to suppress an insurrection or enforce federal law. This is all outlined in the Insurrection Act, which Trump has repeatedly referenced in his ongoing plans to “control” the U.S. Southern border. They’ll just say the immigration “crisis” is bad enough to warrant it. Hegseth and Noem are providing the reasoning for the insurrection act being used or not used… but I doubt the two of them would arrive at the latter no matter what evidence was in front of them .Another user, @DahliaBerencia said “It won’t take a civil war or revolution (that’s what Trump wants to see, so he can install Martial Law).” They continued urging folks to keep the peace saying, “Don’t play into his hand! Violence is just another problem, don’t add to it.” The president threatened to use military force on civilians before, so would it be too extreme to think he’d actually follow through? Probably have largely agreed to keep calm and carry on through this presidency, but we’ve only made it through the first two months. We’ll just have to see how the next four years goes. Coincidence or not, there are nation wide protests marked to happen on April 19. Some people say the US is beyond this (martial law) because it is just too big to enforce it and “dictatorship” is just an absurd thing to think America could ever be, and this speculation is just fear spreading. On one hand, there have been multiple instances where I feel there's been a significant amount of dooming that something horrible was going to happen, and then it didn't happen. On the other hand, I think he theoretically could, and could get away with it, so it's foolish to shrug it off as "it would never happen" or "if it does, it won't be as bad as people are saying". I think I'm at a place whe ftre I am vigilant it could happen, on April 20th or any other day, but not necessarily expecting it. As such, I also think its foolish to breathe a sigh of relief if April 20th comes and goes with no martial law declared and say to ourselves "crisis averted", because the threat of it would still remain. That’s the day Donald Trump’s advisory committee is expected to release its findings on whether he should invoke the Insurrection Act — a move that would allow him to deploy the military domestically and allow Trump to impose martial law. (San Francisco Chronicle). Given Hegseth and Noem are the main “advisors”, the conclusion is foregone.And as his two months in office has already shown, he won’t stop at just a legal opinion.Expect an executive order even that same day or the next, officially declaring the Insurrection Act, restricting freedoms in the name of restoring control of the border and perhaps in blue-state cities, and setting the larger plan in motion. Of course, this won’t be framed as an attack on democracy. It will be packaged as a necessary response to crisis — as authoritarian takeovers always are.But once it happens, there’s no going back. So I think really the best mindset to have is preparing for the worst to come at any moment until * he is out of office* 😉 but not necessarily driving ourselves crazy with dread over the sensational story of the week either.
