The overlooked point in this is Honore telling Velshi the Pentagon lawyers knew the situation didn’t meet the Constitutional requirements for using troops.'Amateur hour at the White House': Katrina hero Honoré slams Trump for attempt to sic military on civilians https://t.co/RF61TNe8w3
— Raw Story (@RawStory) June 26, 2021
In other words, if Trump had ordered troops onto the streets under the Insurrection Act, the Pentagon might well have treated it as an illegal order. It seems that is what stayed Trump’s hand.
If Trump was a stress test of our democracy, we passed. But we don’t need another one.
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