American Politics 4.0 - Orangeyou Glad He’s Back?

[marsplasticeraser]

I was thinking a bit about ICE last night, and I was wondering whether this is just an excuse to arm and reward the most extreme trump supporters.

Are there any checks on who they hire? Are they just deputing extremist militia members and Jan 6th people?

It seems this is a military/police force entirely beholden to Trump.

That may explain the reason to pay exorbitant wages, another way to reward these extrmjsts.

[Winsor_Pilates]

Originally Posted by marsplasticeraser

I was thinking a bit about ICE last night, and I was wondering whether this is just an excuse to arm and reward the most extreme trump supporters.

Are there any checks on who they hire? Are they just deputing extremist militia members and Jan 6th people?

It seems this is a military/police force entirely beholden to Trump.

That may explain the reason to pay exorbitant wages, another way to reward these extrmjsts.

You said it in the bolded part.
I don't think he cares about rewarded these losers; they're just a tool for seizing complete power.
All levels of military, police, legal system, medical, everything else are to be beholden to the administration. Game over democracy.

[GioforPM]

A lot of January 6ers and Proud Boys are now in ICE.

[Itse]

Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates

You said it in the bolded part.
I don't think he cares about rewarded these losers; they're just a tool for seizing complete power.
All levels of military, police, legal system, medical, everything else are to be beholden to the administration. Game over democracy.

Having a personal paramilitary force with little to no legal oversight is a basic way for dictators to overrun all "checks and balances" and just bypass the existing law enforcement and legal systems. This is especially necessary in the early stages of a dictatorship, when power is not yet absolute and the existing systems haven't yet been sufficiently purged.

[edslunch]

Originally Posted by Itse

Having a personal paramilitary force with little to no legal oversight is a basic way for dictators to overrun all "checks and balances" and just bypass the existing law enforcement and legal systems. This is especially necessary in the early stages of a dictatorship, when power is not yet absolute and the existing systems haven't yet been sufficiently purged.

Gestapo

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by edslunch

Gestapo

That exactly what it compares to. It won't be too long before they are the morality police rounding up anyone declared an enemy of MAGA. They will probably be supervising election polls and occupying the Capitol when the next transfer of power is supposed to happen.

[redflamesfan08]

We really are in the stupidest timeline.

[The Fonz]

Originally Posted by redflamesfan08

We really are in the stupidest timeline.

Agreed