And now I am confused.
So when Trump activated the National Guard to assist in crime-ridden cities, it is considered an overreach because the power to do so only lies with the governor of the state or at least that is what the Liberal pundits keep telling us.
But then a governor actually activated the NG to do the assisting, he gets taken to court because the same Liberal punditry says he actually does not have the power to do so.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Inside a Nashville courtroom Monday afternoon, the question before Chancellor Patricia Head Moskal was simple in wording and enormous in reach: Did Gov. Bill Lee have the authority to send National Guard troops into Memphis as part of a public-safety task force?
Davidson County, TN court considers Gov. Lee’s authority to deploy National Guard
Let me do some checking up with Google….and we have an explanation:
Another case of “It is OK when we do it, not when you do it.”
No longer confused.
First Axiom of Politics: It's not the action that's important, but the political party of the person taking the action.
I think there's also a dash of NIMBY in the outrage over Gov. Lee possibly sending the TN National Guard into Memphis.
First, the outrage was over whether President Trump (the Commander-in-Chief of the military, but nevermind that) has the authority to send a State's NG into an area; the Dems said no, that's a Governor's job.
Then, there was still outrage when a Governor said he'd do it.
Both Pres. Trump and Gov. Lee are Republicans, sure, but I don't think that explains all of the outrage. Some of it, but not all.
I think it's also that Pres. Trump was saying he'd send the NG into a BLUE State. If he were going to send the NG into a Red State, or if a GOP Governor might send the NG into a Red county/area, they'd be okay with that.
But Memphis is a BLUE city -- that just happens to be in a Red State -- and the Dems don't want and will not allow the NG to be sent into their strongholds. It's a NIMBY reaction.
The outrage is partly because Pres. Trump and Gov. Lee are both Republicans, and partly because both are saying they'd send the NG into BLUE areas. If the NG were going into Red areas, there'd be significantly less outrage over either of them sending the Guard.
Democrat lawyers and judges have discovered there is no penalty at all for them doing whatever they want through the courts. So why shouldn't they indulge their whims at taxpayer expense?