Los Angeles Riots: Why Trump’s Deployment Was Lawful

Just adding a coda to Rich’s excellent piece today on the progressive left’s freakout over President Trump’s deployment of armed forces to protect federal personnel, property, and functions, which we are to believe is nothing less than a rebirth of the Third Reich. I was especially struck by Michelle Goldberg’s fretting that Trump’s invocation of the word “inhibit” — as in inhibit the execution of federal laws — somehow threatens dissent that is actually peaceful.

Would she be put at ease if he’d said, “hinder or delay”?

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Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.

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Just adding a coda to Rich’s excellent piece today on the progressive left’s freakout over President Trump’s deployment of armed forces to protect federal personnel, property, and functions, which we are to believe is nothing less than a rebirth of the Third Reich. I was especially struck by Michelle Goldberg’s fretting that Trump’s invocation of the word “inhibit” — as in inhibit the execution of federal laws — somehow threatens dissent that is actually peaceful.

Would she be put at ease if he’d said, “hinder or delay”?

About the Author

Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.