re: If Insurrection Act is invoked, just what are the ramifications?

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There is no insurrection for the President to quell. If the attack upon the capital building had persisted last week, President Trump could have invoked it. It would not have applied nationally unless the insurgency spread beyond DC.

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Trump has no legal cover here, nor does he really care about the law. The only question is whether he has sufficient sway over the “deep state” (I include the military in that) to make his auto-coup happen. I don’t think he does, and if he tries, he’ll just end up proving it.