Political Memes

8495 readers

3040 users here now

Welcome to politcal memes!

These are our rules:

Be civil

Jokes are okay, but don’t intentionally harass or disturb any member of our community. Sexism, racism and bigotry are not allowed. Good faith argumentation only. No posts discouraging people to vote or shaming people for voting.

No misinformation

Don’t post any intentional misinformation. When asked by mods, provide sources for any claims you make.

Posts should be memes

Random pictures do not qualify as memes. Relevance to politics is required.

No bots, spam or self-promotion

Follow instance rules, ask for your bot to be allowed on this community.

No AI generated content.

Content posted must not be created by AI with the intent to mimic the style of existing images

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

Rooki@lemmy.world

automodbeta@lemmy.world

Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world

Tenthrow@lemmy.world

JonsJava@lemmy.world

WrenFeathers@lemmy.world

542

If we convict him just one more time... (reddthat.com)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by gerald_eliasweb@reddthat.com to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world

71 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] jonathan7luke@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I appreciate you being upfront about your source, lol. Here's some info from AP News to help clarify a bit.

Typically the authority to call up the National Guard lies with governors, but there are limited circumstances under which the president can deploy those troops. Trump federalized members of the California National Guard under an authority known as Title 10.

- https://apnews.com/article/california-immigration-national-guard-newsom-trump-lawsuit-aedf8cdd95ee899c9559d5e54a2e4833

The relevant part of Title 10 is explained here: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/12406

Which basically says that the federal government can deploy the National Guard when

the United States [...] is invaded or is in danger of invasion by a foreign nation

So Trump is (falsely) claiming that the protesters are helping Mexico/Venezuela/Wherever to "invade" California. Which is obviously complete horseshit, but unfortunately that same excuse has been working for his other fascist orders such as the deportations to CECOT.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Trump's claim isn't quite that tenuous. Check section (2):

there is a rebellion or danger of a rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States

That's the basis for this. They're characterising Angelinos resisting ICE as "a rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States", since ICE is an extension of that same authority. It's a weak claim, but not as completely buckwild as claiming a foreign invasion.

[–] jonathan7luke@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's a fair point. I was under the assumption that they were still using the "invasion" thing since that was what they leaned into for the deportations. I can definitely see them going with "rebellion" instead.

Seems like there is some (temporary) good news on the topic at least:

A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order Thursday directing President Donald Trump to return control of the National Guard to California.

The order, which takes effect at noon Friday, said the deployment of the Guard was illegal and both violated the Tenth Amendment and exceeded Trump’s statutory authority.

- https://apnews.com/article/california-immigration-national-guard-newsom-trump-lawsuit-aedf8cdd95ee899c9559d5e54a2e4833

[–] takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago

When taking to the press they purposefully used words like "invasion" and "rebellion" to help with justification of invoking this obscure law but it is clear it is not.