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The US Army isn't big enough to take over the whole country at once; they'd have to have the National Guard on board.
The governors of every state would have to mobilize their units.
Now, if there was an actual major calamity going on [think of an actual invasion from China] the governors would fall into line pretty quickly. If it was Donald Trump declaring martial law after losing an election the Dem governors would line up to oppose him.
You sure about that last bulletpoint?
You do understand that the whole 'Both Sides Are The Same Thing' helps the GOP?
They want progressive people to stay home.
Do you have any reason other than your own expectations to believe this is true? Looking at their response to him so far I don't think they would do shit. I don't think I would have said that two years ago but their spinelessness up to this point is pretty shocking.
Walz hasn't done much of anything about ICE invading Minnesota and Newsom types his Twitter posts like an idiot now. What else have any of them done?
walz is a pushover thats why he hasnt done anything
if minnesota still had jesse ventura as govenor hed have been personally kicking them out with his boot heel