To congressional Democrats, Trump’s decision to promote aide Stephen Miller to serve as his chief of staff meant two things: an elevation of the aide’s extremist views and a refusal to heed the will of voters who delivered the left a historic victory.

“Stephen Miller is the architect of Project 2025, which included the push for ‘unitary executive power’ that Trump used to enrich himself and his billionaire buddies, enable the failed efforts of Elon Musk and DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency], the stripping of healthcare from millions of people, and the mass deportation agenda that led to ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] and CBP [Customs and Border Protection] killing people in the streets, separating families, locking up kids and gutting the legal immigration system,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the ranking member of the House Judiciary subcommittee on immigration, said in a statement.

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[–] -2 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

armed officials

Trump owns the armed officials, they will not cross him. I agree with subpoenaing him non-stop. It’s just that they will be hard pressed to find someone who will be willing to make good on enforcement.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 hours ago (1 child)

    Congress has capitols police and sergeant at arms, they aren’t completely without arms.

    I don’t expect if the Congress wants to arrest someone that the military would stop them as the order to stop them would be blatantly illegal and they themselves could be arrested by Congress. Yes it would setup a conflict of significance but I think it’s time we start doing these kinds of things.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 hours ago

    I agree that it is time to actually put muscle behind enforcement. Arresting Trump’s Chief of Staff will require coordination that I don’t see happening. Trump has too many levers to pull to get his neo-nazi staff out of jail.

    This all goes to show that the Biden admin should have gone after Trump and his minions aggressively when they had the chance, ie no prisoners.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 hours ago

    I'm not so sure... The military has taken a very dim view of Trump, especially the leadership

    I'm sure there's some retired special forces badasses who took their oath to the Constitution seriously and would do it for free

    Now, getting the courts to force such a confrontation is very unlikely, even more so now that Trump has been so vehemently rejected by the American people. The problem is solving itself without an armed stand off, even if slowly and with unsatisfying consequences

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