I’ve been playing “thought experiments” in my own mind, about how a whole hearted prosecution of Trump & conspirators would play out in the public sphere. One wrench in the gears (among many) is the Trumpist mindset among the majority of law enforcement and even the military. I just don’t see how we would prepare for the inevitable civ…
I’ve been playing “thought experiments” in my own mind, about how a whole hearted prosecution of Trump & conspirators would play out in the public sphere. One wrench in the gears (among many) is the Trumpist mindset among the majority of law enforcement and even the military. I just don’t see how we would prepare for the inevitable civil strife. I’m guessing that’s the elephant in the room in the DOJ.
I’d be interested in further discussion about this.
You are right; I just looked it up, and according to Military Times, Trump’s approval within the military started out around 46%, but was significantly underwater toward the end of his term, with only 38% favorable and 42% strongly unfavorable.
Police unions did endorse Trump, so you are right there too. And that’s probably more significant to the risks of prosecuting and maybe jailing Trump.
I think you're wrong. According to "Coalition for American Veterans PAC", "In the end, while the majority of America chose Joe Biden to be the next President of the United States, Veterans as a bloc voted to re-elect Donald Trump. According to national exit polling conducted by both CNN and The New York Times, Veterans as a group voted for President Donald Trump by a margin of 54% to Joe Biden’s 44%"
I read that Biden made headway in terms of how they voted in 2016, but that is still a very wide schism, especially given all of the reasons one would expect the military to turn away from trump.
To be honest, it scares the hell out of me, along with Law Enforcement....
I hope you're right. It just seems that trump gave them ample reason to not support him for re-election, so to stick with him anyway makes me think these are the die-hards. He won by a 26 point margin in 2016 - so falling to a 10 point margin in 2020 is significant.
Another good point. I'm interested in further discussion too, which is why I was surprised to not read anything about it in today's Morning Shots. On the surface, it seems to be a cut-and-dried question, but it really isn't...
I’ve been playing “thought experiments” in my own mind, about how a whole hearted prosecution of Trump & conspirators would play out in the public sphere. One wrench in the gears (among many) is the Trumpist mindset among the majority of law enforcement and even the military. I just don’t see how we would prepare for the inevitable civil strife. I’m guessing that’s the elephant in the room in the DOJ.
I’d be interested in further discussion about this.
It feels like the majority of police officers have a Trumpist mindset. But I don't know if that is actually true.
I highly doubt the military is majority Trumpist. When I was serving in the 1980s Reagan wasn't our favorite person in the world.
You are right; I just looked it up, and according to Military Times, Trump’s approval within the military started out around 46%, but was significantly underwater toward the end of his term, with only 38% favorable and 42% strongly unfavorable.
Police unions did endorse Trump, so you are right there too. And that’s probably more significant to the risks of prosecuting and maybe jailing Trump.
I think you're wrong. According to "Coalition for American Veterans PAC", "In the end, while the majority of America chose Joe Biden to be the next President of the United States, Veterans as a bloc voted to re-elect Donald Trump. According to national exit polling conducted by both CNN and The New York Times, Veterans as a group voted for President Donald Trump by a margin of 54% to Joe Biden’s 44%"
I read that Biden made headway in terms of how they voted in 2016, but that is still a very wide schism, especially given all of the reasons one would expect the military to turn away from trump.
To be honest, it scares the hell out of me, along with Law Enforcement....
Sure, the military has always leaned more republican. That doesn't make them Trumpists.
I hope you're right. It just seems that trump gave them ample reason to not support him for re-election, so to stick with him anyway makes me think these are the die-hards. He won by a 26 point margin in 2016 - so falling to a 10 point margin in 2020 is significant.
Another good point. I'm interested in further discussion too, which is why I was surprised to not read anything about it in today's Morning Shots. On the surface, it seems to be a cut-and-dried question, but it really isn't...