Rachel Maddow points out that the most important story of our era is not what Donald Trump is trying to do but what the American people will allow him to do.
Right now I’m watching about 50 protesters on the street in downtown LA surrounded by hundreds of police and National Guard. I haven’t seen the marines yet but from what we hear, they will be used to supply logistics and provide protection for the ICE raids.
Trump claims he is the one who calmed things down. He is not. This is all being done by a very heavy handed LAPD. But the media is portraying L.A. as being under siege and on tenterhooks waiting for the next clash. It is not.
But there will be resistance to the next wave of ICE raids and there will be marines with live ammunition on the scene. Let’s just hope that the worst doesn’t happen.
As Maddow says above. It’s all about what America is willing to tolerate. I honestly don’t know the answer. I think it could go either way.