Senior Democrats in US cities are preparing to defend their communities in the event ofĀ Donald Trumpā€™sĀ return to the White House after the former president has repeated threats that he would use presidential powers to seize control of major urban centers.

Trump has proposed deploying the military inside major cities largely run byĀ DemocratsĀ to deal with protesters or to crush criminal gangs. He has threatened to dispatch large numbers of federal immigration agents to carry out mass deportations of undocumented people in so-called ā€œsanctuaryā€ cities.

He also aims to obliterate the progressive criminal justice policies of left-leaning prosecutors.

ā€œIn cities where there has been a complete breakdown of law and order ā€¦ I will not hesitate to send in federal assets including the national guard until safety is restored,ā€ Trump says in the campaign platform for his bid to become the 47th US president,Ā Agenda47.

TrumpĀ provoked uproarĀ earlier this week when he called for US armed forces to be deployed against his political rivals ā€“ ā€œthe enemy withinā€ ā€“ on election day next month. But his plans to use national guard troops and military personnel as a means to attack those he sees as his opponents go much wider than that, spanning entire cities with Democratic leadership.

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    Yeaā€¦not a conservative or a trollā€¦but I guess thatā€™s what I get from arguing with people who canā€™t back their shit upā€¦you going to call me a nazi fascist next as well?

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      thatā€™s what I get from arguing with people who canā€™t back their shit upā€¦

      Says the guy posting Amazon links and duplicates of the same old failed bill from 30 years ago as evidence for their claims that the current Democratic party wants to eliminate the second amendment.

      thatā€™s what I get from arguing with people who canā€™t back their shit upā€¦

      Says the guy who thinks that 39% of a group holds more sway over policy than the remaining 61%

      thatā€™s what I get from arguing with people who canā€™t back their shit upā€¦

      Says the guy who literally tried to build a no-true-scotsman strawman 2 posts ago, and then just did DARVO shit when they got called on it.

      Thereā€™s only 2 options here. Either youā€™re a conservative trollā€¦Or, you are using conservative troll fallacies to ā€œback upā€ conservative troll propaganda, and you just canā€™t recognize it.

      So whatā€™s it gonna be?

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        Says the guy posting Amazon links and duplicates of the same old failed bill from 30 years ago as evidence for their claims that the current Democratic party wants to eliminate the second amendment.

        Yea a book and bills from Democratsā€¦but it doesnt count.

        Says the guy who thinks that 39% of a group holds more sway over policy than the remaining 61%

        Lol head in sand

        Says the guy who literally tried to build a no-true-scotsman strawman 2 posts ago, and then just did DARVO shit when they got called on it.

        Rofl yea sure thing, itā€™s sad that any criticism of the left, is met by the same ā€œnuh uhā€ response as the right wing idiots. Also youā€™re the one doing the no-true-scotsman by suggesting all of my links are not democratsā€¦

        Thereā€™s only 2 options here. Either youā€™re a conservative trollā€¦Or, you are using conservative troll fallacies to ā€œback upā€ conservative troll propaganda, and you just canā€™t recognize it.

        Iā€™m not either, but you really should look in the mirror and ask yourself why your rebuttal is literally the same shit the idiots on the red team do.

        So whatā€™s it gonna be?

        Itā€™s gonna be, Iā€™m getting tired of the deflection and you putting fingers in your earsā€¦ youā€™re boring me now.

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          29 days ago

          Also youā€™re the one doing the no-true-scotsman by suggesting all of my links are not democratsā€¦

          Quote me, jackass.

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              Look at that, you canā€™t quote me, because I didnā€™t fucking say it.

              As for the name calling, youā€™re the one lobbing false accusations at me, an insult beyond me calling you out for the stubborn donkey that youā€™re acting like.

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                Lol sure thing kid. Youā€™re entire rebuttal was basically ā€œthose donā€™t countā€ā€¦so yes you absolutely did say it. Stop acting like you didnā€™t.

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                  No, my rebuttal was that you posted a bunch of bullshit opinions pieces, 30 year old theater bills and a fucking Amazon link as ā€œevidenceā€ that the Democratic partyā€™s platform wants to repeal the second amendment.

                  Your whole argument that I think those people donā€™t count as Democrats (a no-true-scotsman) you invented in your 2nd comment to me. In case you fucking forgot, here it is.

                  So those %39 arenā€™t really Democrats? Got itā€¦

                  This is literally you, building your own argument and attacking it instead of countering the argument that I put forward. Literally that is the definition of a strawman.

                  From Wikipedia :

                  A straw man fallacy (sometimes written as strawman) is the informal fallacy of refuting an argument different from the one actually under discussion, while not recognizing or acknowledging the distinction.

                  Enough of this though, here is the DNCā€™s platform for 2024

                  https://democrats.org/where-we-stand/party-platform/

                  Feel free to look through it, and see what Democrats actually want to do, instead of believing bullshit republican propaganda about the Democrat platform.

                  Learn some shit, and then get lost. Youā€™re done here.

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                    instead of believing bullshit republican propaganda about the Democrat platform.

                    Lol yeaā€¦all my links and the poll was republican propaganda.

                    Learn some shit, and then get lost. Youā€™re done here.

                    Lol ok kid