• NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
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    5 months ago

    This is assuming that military command won’t follow his orders, Democratic governors won’t instantly capitulate and/or that the National Guard won’t follow Trump anyway. The assumption that the National Guard will automatically follow their state government in particular is very flimsy, since Trump appeals to conservatives across the country. Even in a blue state you’ll find lots of MAGAts, and there’s nothing preventing them from joining the national guard. Do you have a source the NG is particularly left-leaning?

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      5 months ago

      National guard troops aren’t strongly political, they do however follow chain of command. It’s not that they’re maga or not, it’s that their command structure hasn’t been purged by the regime, and every governor has already reviewed their command since Trump started fucking with the states.