Democrats are shocked, shocked, that Trump is talking about using the guard “on citizens” (who are rioting and destroying cities).
Joe Doakes, formerly of Como Park, emails:
Eisenhower sent the 101st Airborne to Little Rock to keep order while they integrated the schools.
He used the military against segregationists, the enemy within, his political foes.
Was that wrong? Was Eisenhower also Hitler, same as Trump?
Kennedy also sent the regular Army to help quell anti-desegregation riots at the University of Mississippi. To be fair, modern Democrats, at least the ones in MInneapolis, likely think of Kennedy as a fascist today, too.
Wasn’t there something about using fighter jets to take on gun owners?
Just for fun, my great uncle was at Ole Miss when James Meredith enrolled, and here’s his account from the integration efforts. Uncle Kenny knew what he was talking about, and as a war correspondent was wounded at Anzio.
https://storyoftheweek.loa.org/2023/01/courthouse-square-is-authentic-picture.html
My take regarding the Democrats is that, then as now, their behavior is such that (Occupy, BLM, etc..) they have something to fear from government efforts to restore order. But it doesn’t mean Kennedy was Hitler, but rather that he was sane.
Eisenhower may have been the last Republican Presidential Candidate that the Democrats DIDN’T call “Literally Hitler.”