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Senator Tom Cotton (R- AR) on Monday proposed invoking the Insurrection Act to quell the riots overtaking cities across the country.
The 1807 law gives the president authority to order troops into the interior of the U.S. to put down rebellion. While use of the law is rare, then-president George H.W. Bush invoked the law in 1992, to send troops into Los Angeles during the Rodney King riots.
It has become increasingly noticed that in some states (mostly blue) governors and mayors are being reluctant to be forceful in stopping rioting and looting. This is parallell to some of these politicians allowing rioters to riot, as we saw a few years ago in Ferguson, MO, when Democrat governor Jay Nixon called out the National Guard, and then moved them miles away from the rioting. TV viewers saw the result live, as looters went into stores, and looted and set them afire, with all of us sitting in our living rooms saying "Where's the National Guard ?"
The idea of invoking the Insurrection Act, is to have military troops overwhelm the rioters, in places where politicians are not deploying their National Guard troops.
"What the president can do…[is say that] the rioting, the anarchy, and the looting ends tonight,” Cotton said on Fox News. “If local law enforcement is overwhelmed, if local politicians will not do their most basic job to protect our citizens, let’s see how these anarchists respond when the 101st Airborne is on the other side of the street.”
Cotton later added on Twitter, “and, if necessary, the 10th Mountain, 82nd Airborne, 1st Cav, 3rd Infantry—whatever it takes to restore order. No quarter for insurrectionists, anarchists, rioters, and looters.”
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The 1807 law gives the president authority to order troops into the interior of the U.S. to put down rebellion. While use of the law is rare, then-president George H.W. Bush invoked the law in 1992, to send troops into Los Angeles during the Rodney King riots.
It has become increasingly noticed that in some states (mostly blue) governors and mayors are being reluctant to be forceful in stopping rioting and looting. This is parallell to some of these politicians allowing rioters to riot, as we saw a few years ago in Ferguson, MO, when Democrat governor Jay Nixon called out the National Guard, and then moved them miles away from the rioting. TV viewers saw the result live, as looters went into stores, and looted and set them afire, with all of us sitting in our living rooms saying "Where's the National Guard ?"
The idea of invoking the Insurrection Act, is to have military troops overwhelm the rioters, in places where politicians are not deploying their National Guard troops.
"What the president can do…[is say that] the rioting, the anarchy, and the looting ends tonight,” Cotton said on Fox News. “If local law enforcement is overwhelmed, if local politicians will not do their most basic job to protect our citizens, let’s see how these anarchists respond when the 101st Airborne is on the other side of the street.”
Cotton later added on Twitter, “and, if necessary, the 10th Mountain, 82nd Airborne, 1st Cav, 3rd Infantry—whatever it takes to restore order. No quarter for insurrectionists, anarchists, rioters, and looters.”
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President Trump scolded governors from across the country over their collective response to the widespread riots in the wake of George Floyd’s death.
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Tom Cotton Floats Invoking the Insurrection Act to Quell Riots | National Review
The Insurrection Act is a law from 1807 which gives the president authority to order troops into the interior of the U.S. to put down rebellion.
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