You're not cynical; it's his plain, revealed character. He's been openly fantasizing about soldiers shooting protestors for years. He's asked his own defense secretary if he could do it for him,
Obama deported millions with relatively little pushback. Because he did not deny anyone due process.
Everybody has a requirement for due process. It's the only constitutional way to prove someone is an illegal alien, or overstayed their welcome, or has a history.
You cannot "enforce existing immigration laws" by ignoring due process, because they are a requirement of existing immigration laws
> Obama deported millions with relatively little pushback. Because he did not deny anyone due process.
This is blatantly inaccurate. Obama administration frequently used expedited removal to deport people without hearings. Don't take my word for it, a simple Google search will serve you well.
existing laws require permits, and don't let them raid elementary schools for minors and courthouses for those going through the legal process. We just "mistakenly" sent a US ciizen to a foreign country to a month, ignoring a 9-0 Supreme court order to delay the process to bring him home.
If this is action you agree with, just say so. But the books do not support this.
There is no law against apprehending illegal aliens in courthouses. It might be a bad idea in terms of optics and public policy but it doesn't appear to be specifically illegal.
I'm confused-do you support peaceful protest, or do you think that protests always descend into anarchy and require assault rifles to be brought out to kill some people?
How many people should have been shot on January 6 2021? If this is what you actually think, please make an affirmative statement saying lots of people should have been shot. If you won't, then I can't really take your statement above seriously.
We can’t have people going around and killing other people, but we can’t have people going around and destroying property. It might sound noble to have this idea that we would always put life ahead of property but many of us have property valuable enough that it could be cashed in and used to save lives yet we chose not to do so. I think people are far more ready to spend on virtue with the destruction of others property rather than their own.
https://www.npr.org/2022/05/09/1097517470/trump-esper-book-d... ("Former Pentagon chief Esper says Trump asked about shooting protesters")