He wanted to consider using the Insurrection Act to go after people who are protesting the killing of Black people, really a total misuse of the authority of the government there and every conservative should speak out against what he is proposing.
Cohen condemns Trump's potential use of the Insurrection Act against protesters.
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If President Zelensky was so willing to call him say, perhaps I'll sign this document you want. Maybe I'll even resign if that's what it takes to save my people and to say, I'm not interested in talking to you.
A President at any time could order the National Guard to be activated as such, very reluctant to do that, particularly, we have the Posse Comitatus law.
I think we have to be concerned about it, and prepared for it, and call him out on it.
I would say, start training. If we're talking, about F-16s, in the future? Start training them, in terms of how, not only, fly them, but to maintain them.
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