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BumRushDaShow

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2. There have been instances of troop/guard use in cities in the past
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 09:04 AM
Aug 11

(although 45 and his sycophants pretty much refused to give the go-ahead for the Guard to come in to assist during the Jan. 6 insurrection as his mobs were trashing the U.S. Capitol - very seat of government - until the mobs had already done their damage).

Once such instance was here in Philly (something my mom used to talk about as she was 14 at the time) -

In Philly 80 years ago, a racist subway strike paralyzed the city in the middle of World War II (August 01, 2024)

The same racist types that you see today went on a wildcat strike in 1944 at our precursor transit system - PTC (now SEPTA) - because 8 blacks were promoted to be trolley drivers. FDR sent in troops to monitor and then take over the system (at least for the 6 days that the strike lasted).









And I think most are aware of the George Wallace mess in Alabama in the early '60s.

This is probably the type of thing 45's loons would argue in court although the difference would be consent/request from the local government officials in most (but obviously not "all" as in the AL, MS or LA) cases.

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