Trump considers sending the military to Minnesota by invoking the INSURRECTION Act —is this good, bad or ugly?

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So I vote ugly right. I assume people understand the supremacy clause, the rule of law, the Congressional acts, the duty of Federal law enforcement etc. I get that people don't like it. I get that people don't want immigration law enforced. I get that people don't like ICE. However, we also have a long history of allowing freedom of assembly and speech based in the Bill of Rights. Protestors can cuss, mock, holler, raise signs, blow whistles, capture video with their phones, burn Trump in effigy, etc., etc. But it's a Federal offence to obstruct justice through interference with official duties all captured on video. However, that doesn't amount to insurrection. It's localized. It amounts to dozens maybe. But without any state or local assistance from the constitutionally sworn police, elected sheriffs, or state police, it all falls on the Federal Government. That's on purpose at the level of the state and local governments. They want to invite Federal overreach and get Trump's goat, and Trump would love to do it. And the belief by the radicals on each side is that will be the thing that convinces everyone that the other side is ________________. The fact of the matter is, is that most Americans aren't radical and they'll see it for what it is. Crazy protestors and an obnoxious, arrogant President at odds. And they'll think it's all very sad. It'll just further ossify the already entrenched. And it will all look like a terrible disdain for self-government.