Trump Mulls Insurrection Act, Mainstream Media Mutes Previous Use
Ohio Senator J.D. Vance told RT that Donald Trump is considering using the Insurrection Act to deploy the National Guard if courts obstruct his policies. (A familiar tune, considering Trump invoked it amidst the 2020 protests.) This isn't just about 'roadblocks'; it's about a President using military force domestically. Mainstream channels often frame such discussions as unprecedented threats to
democracy, yet they downplay instances when similar powers, arguably less justified, were used to quell dissent or enforce unpopular policies. Perhaps Vance's comments are just politicking. Or perhaps it's a trial balloon. But the selective amnesia of the press regarding the Insurrection Act's past—often used against striking workers or civil rights activists, not vague 'court roadblocks'—is
telling. It sanitizes historical precedent and frames extreme executive power as an outlier, rather than a recurring temptation for those in power.