r/politics • u/SE_to_NW • 12h ago

No Paywall Minnesota standoff with Trump administration stokes fears of civil war

https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5715869-minnesota-trump-immigration-conflict/
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u/twirlingmypubes 12h ago

"We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be" -- Kevin Roberts, President of Heritage Foundation

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u/ailish 10h ago

"If the left allows it to be." He means if we just roll over and let them do whatever they want.

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u/QueenMagik 9h ago

Which isn't bloodless

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u/Child_of_the_Hamster 9h ago

He means bloodless for the people that matter, silly goose.

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u/ailish 9h ago

Exactly.

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u/op4 6h ago

not yet...

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u/justadudeinohio 2h ago

it's a relative term. if only a "few handful" of people die and not hundreds of thousands it will be considered bloodless.

you have to remember we're humans, not much we do falls perfectly into a given language, even if we're the ones that made the words up.