KEEP THOSE FEDERAL TROOPS OUT OF AMERICAN CITIES

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KEEP THOSE FEDERAL TROOPS OUT OF AMERICAN CITIE

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Keep Those Federal Troops out of American Cities

2 HOURS AGO Ryan McMaken

The violence and the utter disregard for basic human rights displayed by the Left in recent years—combined with its support for war crimes when a Democrat is president—have made me inclined to play nice with conservatives these days. At least conservatives aren't planning to torch my neighborhood any time soon, and at the moment they're no worse than the Left on foreign policy.

On the other hand, sometimes even the relatively less bad guys (for now) come to some very dangerous conclusions.

[RELATED: "About Those Spooky Federal Cops in Portland" by Jeff Deist]

Specifically, some authors at conservative publications are now demanding that the president send in federal agents and troops to make arrests and intervene in local law enforcement to pacify rioters in Portland and other American cities. These pundits are claiming that since local officials allegedly aren't responding with sufficient alacrity to rioters, it's time to send in federal troops.

It is questionable that the president has the legal authority to do this.    https://mises.org/power-market/keep-those-federal-troops-out-american-cities