Why my conservative friends should be alarmed about what happened in DC last night:
1. The POTUS, in a pre-planned action, had the police tear gas and clear the private property of a church 25 minutes before the declared curfew. #StJohnsChurch #Protests2020 1/10
1. The POTUS, in a pre-planned action, had the police tear gas and clear the private property of a church 25 minutes before the declared curfew. #StJohnsChurch #Protests2020 1/10
During this clearing, several pastors who were running an aid station to extend hospitality in the name of Jesus were expelled against their will from church property. 2/10
2. Minutes after the expulsion, the POTUS arrived in front of the church. He was given a Bible, which he admitted was not his, which he raised like some sort of idol to be worshipped instead of the Word of God. He didn’t open it, or read from it, or pray. It was a prop. 3/10
3. Earlier in the day, POTUS threatened to deploy active-duty military troops (as opposed to National Guard units under state control) to states, apparently over the objections of their Governors. 4/10
f you truly hold any conservative values, like the sovereignty of private property, a high value on the freedom of religion, and the federalist balance of state vs national government, you should be alarmed. 5/10
If you value the balance between the Posse Comitatus and Insurrection acts, which require a governor’s request before any nationalized military force can be deployed in a state to keep the active-duty military from being used as a private army, you should be alarmed. 6/10
If you are a Bible-believing Christian, then the teargassing of pastors giving aid in the name of Jesus and the use of the Word of God as nothing more than a prop in a photo opportunity should offend you. 7/10
Think about the fact that if the current POTUS is allowed to do these things, what a future Democrat POTUS might be able to do with a military they can deploy inside states at will if, say, people show up at a state capital with firearms and are deemed an “Insurrection.” 8/10
Think for a minute what you would be doing right now if this was President Hillary Clinton expanding presidential power. The person in the White House does not matter in the long term, it’s the Constitution that does. 9/10
This current crisis will pass and we will rebuild. I hope and pray it will result in a more just society for people of color. But the damage done to the constitution by expanding executive power is a sword that will cut both ways to all of our detriment. 10/10
