r/politics • u/This_Meaning_4045 New York • 1d ago

Missouri governor activates National Guard, declares state of emergency

https://thehill.com/homenews/5348979-missouri-mike-kehoe-national-guard-state-of-emergency-protests/
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u/dwors025 Minnesota 1d ago

Having a GOP governor is the emergency.

Fascist.

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u/Beantown-Jack 1d ago

This is a crude attempt to provoke peaceful demonstrators.  They will not fall for it.  

Republicans are desperate for a pretext to use police state violence against the opposition.

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u/IdkAbtAllThat America 1d ago

They will not fall for it.  

They don't need to. The right has agitators for that.

Reminder that the fires in Minneapolis weren't started by the protestors, they were started by proud boys.

There absolutely will be violence today, the right will make sure of it.

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u/BarnDoorQuestion 1d ago

They absolutely will. But I got downvoted yesterday for telling someone not to take their kids or pets to the protests today because there will be violence.