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(143,963 posts) Tue Oct 15, 2024, 06:33 PM Oct 15

Esper: Take Trump comments about using military against Americans 'seriously'

Source: The Hill

10/15/24 7:43 AM ET

Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, who served in the Trump administration, said Monday the public should take former President Trump “seriously” when he suggests using the military against American citizens.

“Yes I do, of course,” Esper told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on “The Source” when asked whether he fears Trump would “try to utilize the National Guard, the military, against U.S. citizens.”

“Because I lived through that, and I saw over the summer of 2020 where President Trump and those around him wanted to use the National Guard in various capacities in cities such as Chicago and Portland and Seattle,” Esper said.

Esper noted specifically an instance from June 2020 when, he said, Trump “wanted to bring in active duty military as well” against protesters. “So that’s what equally concerns me about his comment would be the use of the military in these types of things,” Esper added.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4933807-donald-trump-mark-esper-military-us-citizens/

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Esper: Take Trump comments about using military against Americans 'seriously' (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Oct 15 OP

Remember his walk to hold a upside down bible? duncang Oct 15 #1

I live in the California Republic. I doubt we will go along with that shit. Magoo48 Oct 15 #2

Esper was trump's hand-picked military dude. Boomerproud Oct 16 #3

Well when the "unclean" like him and ESPECIALLY Bolton, warn you BumRushDaShow Oct 16 #4

duncang

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1. Remember his walk to hold a upside down bible?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Oct 15, 2024, 06:44 PM

Oct 15

The only reason he did that was to intimidate and chase off the protesters in the park. That was good enough reason to attack people who protest against him. There’s no doubt in my mind he will go a lot further if he makes it into office. He was marking his territory. The city and country are mine to do what I want to. With the supreme courts decision it will be worse.