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Yeah, Walz, why aren't you personally removing armed state military from the streets? Walz, why didn't you start a revolution yet, Walz? Too much of a pussy, Walz? I almost stood up from my sofa, that's how I am angry at you, Walz.

Aipac really nuetered him during the campaign, since then he hasnt done anything noteworthy.

I nodded along with this comment, and then got thinking about the nation-state-military caliber funding that ICE was handed recently.

And, after a bit of mental breadth-first search of where that train of thought could have led, I was left with a frown thinking "this could get so much more bloody so quickly."

Yeah, that's kind of how democracy works. There should be direct and obvious connection between actions that drastic and the will of the people. Starting a war with the government isn't something that a governor should be able to just do with one order.

What's with this apologism for feckless liberals? He doesn't have to order the National Guard to open fire on ICE, but he could start with, you know, not sending state police to brutalize protestors at the site of the most recent public execution.

I don't give a fuck if he feels a heavy weight, it's nothing compared to the families of the dead. Dead because of an institution his party funded just as often as the Republicans did. It's time for him to rise to the occasion or (infinitely more likely) time for us to recognize there's no spine in his body and it depends entirely on us - which means he's against us.

Walz is a typical democrat.

He talks a big game and has great bluster.

but when the cards hit the table, he rolls over, shows his belly and shits himself

He should have activated the national guard weeks ago. He should have had them on the streets everywhere that ICE was at, Following them where ever they went, with orders to intervene anytime they stepped out of line.

He should have been ordering every state law enforcement agency to follow ICE, and arrest them every time they abducted a child, every time they assaulted an innocent civilian, anytime they've murdered an innocent person.

but instead of doing anything useful and proactive to protect his state, he keeps going on twitter and begging "pwease mistur pwesident, stahp hwurting my pepulz. pretty pwease?"

That's the American way. Next they will SLAM the government and nothing will happen.

Walz has the power and authority to simply call up the National Guard, which he rightfully commands, and say "Hey keep ICE out of the city." Same with the cops.

The president can send orders to deploy the NG here or there, but he doesn't have control over their orders or what they're supposed to be doing exactly. That still falls to governors. And the Minnesota national guard command has already indicated that they would follow orders from the governor and uphold the constitution over the president. And there's absolutely no love between the Minneapolis police and ICE.

I don't know why we're not actually acting likes States. We're "United States" not one big, single state called "America." States have the power, the Federal Government works for the states.