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Scoop: House Democrats told by leadership not to go to Minnesota (www.axios.com)

submitted 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) by supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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The DNC needs to go they are controlled opposition at this point

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[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 11 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

The only thing I see local law enforcement doing is occasionally protecting ICE, so I'm not sure why they'd be overwhelmed.

[–] bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

They freely ignore state and federal judges, they openly violate constitutional rights, they get mad and do a little ultra violence before a vacation. What can state police do besides witness and deescalate around the edges?

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 6 points 5 hours ago

Literally arrest them. You just listed a bunch of criminal actions. Cops arresting criminals is their whole raison d'être.

Being willing to be a criminal doesn't mean you're immune to law enforcement nor does just declaring immunity. And even if they do beat the charges, cops have been punishing people with arrests that won't stick for their entire existence.

Cops 100% could be pulling over rented minivans with no plates. In the worst case they get some dash cam footage of ICE refusing a lawful order. They don't because this is what they voted for.