ELI5, If Republicans in general don't want federal control, they want de-regulation, then why they are supporting federal control of California?
this post was submitted on 08 Jun 2025
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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?!?! I agree with every single comment criticizing the current shitty US leadership.
our national guard and armed forces have a decision to make: us or them. this is your time to reject fascism.
Many who join lean conservative. Many are trump supporters. Don't forget the numbers that voted for him and continue to support him.
It's not going to be that easy.
Not really. The military is a lot more diverse than you probably realize. It's a big melting pot. So many stories of rural Americans raised in racist environments joining the military and being exposed to all kinds of people and realizing they grew up kind of fucked up.
Contrary to what the stereotype is. A lot of military people are pretty wise and worldly. Seeing different cultures and having to deal with the fallout of failed states. It's not like they're progressives or even Lefty's. But they're not MAGA or right either.
This is why they've been firing lots of officers as well. If nobody is aware, the trump government has been removing many many senior leadership in the military.
I think the move right now by the left is to build bridges for people on the right who have spent their life fearing this type of action. Need to leave open the possibility that there are people on the right who understand this isn't good. Obviously there's the trump zealots. But I bet there's a group of right wingers whose fear of government over reach supersedes support for Trump. Groups like the heritage foundation will increase not activity to suppress that mentally among them. But I think we'll start seeing them speak up if we listen.
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I dunno about that. I served in the USMC and everyone was pretty left leaning in the sense of "why the fuck do I care about the color of the person covering me, we're all Marines."
Many people serving are also minorities from low income, using the military as a step to building a life. Those people didn't seem Republican to me.
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Here we go. Buckle up and arm yourselves.
You know what? Yeah. GFY trump.
Calling it...Trump declares California to be in rebellion and suspends their votes in the electoral college and congress in the next elections.
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Sounds like bro wants to start the plot to the movie civil war.
If it has the same ending I'm down.
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Where's the cartel when you need em!?
The Confederacy was in a state of rebellion too. He's equated standing up to ICE, which is seemingly similar to when the Bostonians stood up to and were massacred by the British, with the Confederate's bombing of Ft. Sumter.
Can California please just withhold taxes already and put this country out of its misery?
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Isn't this the same as saying *the government is working against the will of it's populace"
Right to freedoms of assembly and expression.
They need to chill.
And listen.
Oh this ia what they want. They are chomping at designating leftists as enemies of the state.
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So is the red line crossed yet or is the goal post once again some indeterminate point in the future.
History won't tell the beginning of the Trump regime at that indeterminate point. It began when he rode down that piss yellow escalator.
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