What would Republicans do if Trump declared "martial law" ?

[kentuck]

Would they do anything at all?

It is doubtful.

They are incompetent.

They are dangerous.

[Chasstev365]

1. Meekly protest and quietly support it!

[Soxfan58]

2. Spend millions

Of koch dollars convincing us it for our own good. And the idiots would believe it.

[syringis]

3. Why would he declare "Martial Law" ?

[Boxerfan]

4. I hope you are kidding....Anus lips magee is capable of anything

To keep the Russia "thing " quelled and if we take to the streets in protest....


I would not put anything past all of them. Republicans are committing treason on American citizens & the constitution.

Right now.

What is to stop him??

[Hortensis]

15. The Constitution. The states.

The Constitution. The states. We have a system of checks and balances for just this reason among others. Plus, power is not centralized. The states hold considerable power.

This does raise an interesting question about what Republican governments in the various red states would do however. They've historically resisted orders from Washington and, in fact, love to deny their legality.

[randr]

5. A larger question is which law enforcement agencies would go along with him?

Under whose authority?

[lpbk2713]

6. Convene a committee to study it.

First meeting would be about a year from now.

[workinclasszero]

7. They would start hunting liberal democrats for their Fuhrer

No doubt about it.

[CincyDem]

8. Their response would be "Yeah. it's martial law...but it's OUR martial law so it's all good" n/t

[titaniumsalute]

9. Well the only thing going for Trump is the stock market

He declares martial law you might as well figure the drop would be 50%, maybe more. Pretty sure they won't do that.

[Yonnie3]

10. Many of them would be confused.

Reading "martial law" as "marital law" and wondering why all the hoopla. They support the sanctity of marriage, sorta.

[liberal N proud]

11. Republicans would bow down before the trumpking.

[treestar]

22. Yes and toady up for positions in the government

[WhiteTara]

12. Send out the National Guard?

They are all authoritarian.

[NotASurfer]

13. The morans would spell it "marital" law

And the spouses they cheated on will have access to the family arsenal to exercise their newly-legal right to a shotgun divorce

[matt819]

14. Support it (nt)

[jalan48]

16. If they saw it as necessary to protect their wealth they would be all for it.

[Golden Raisin]

17. Support it. Same thing

with cancelling elections or suspending the Constitution. All it will take is War (nuclear or otherwise) with N. Korea, Iran or fill-in-the blank. It will be billed and sold as a "rally around the flag", patriotic, wartime necessity capitalizing on the same primal fears after 9/11. I would put nothing past Trump and this Republican Congress. EVERYTHING about this regime and Congress is unprecedented and abnormal. We keep clinging to our old ideas of what is "normal" in Washington, D.C. despite much daily evidence that the old rules, protocols and procedures are being undermined before our eyes.

[L. Coyote]

18. Volunteer to patrol the streets for liberals and people of color.

[bluestarone]

19. seriously scary thought for sure

but i truly think they would do support it

[virgogal]

20. What brought this on?

I've never seen anything about the possibilities of martial law?

I always thought that hardcore conservatives detested all government interference and would object to martial law just on general principle.

[ck4829]

21. They would deny that it is martial law, call people resisting "civil liberties extremists",

but ultimately accept it.