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Message: <blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 4814582" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>When Trump sent Federal agents to protect the Federal courthouse in Portland the mayor claimed his city had been invaded.  Presidents aren't all powerful.  Trump could have declared martial law under the Insurrection Act but there would have been Federal troops at his behest cracking down on minority protesters with the liberal press gleefully snapping pics.  The election was coming up and that's exactly the kind of political drama Democrats wanted.  And that Trump had to dance around.  But first and foremost it was the responsibility of the mayors and governors.  The Federal government generally has to be invited in, just as in natural disasters too.</p></blockquote><p></p>