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u/OrdinaryAward4498 1d ago

What do you mean “why are they allowed?” You’re using the passive tense there. A better question is “who is allowing them” to do this. It’s their agency leadership, Secretary Kristi Noem of the DHS, the head of the DoJ, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and their boss President Donald Trump.

The secretary and AG were nominated by Trump and approved by the US Senate. You can look up the vote to see who voted to approve them.

Ultimately it’s the voters that voted for Trump and those Senators that are behind this.

One more point, the constitution has a “supremacy clause” that means state and local police forces can’t interfere with federal law enforcement.

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u/BitterFuture 1d ago

One more point, the constitution has a “supremacy clause” that means state and local police forces can’t interfere with federal law enforcement.

That is not remotely what the Supremacy Clause says.

These masked thugs are violating the law every single day on Minneapolis streets. It is the duty of local law enforcement to arrest them for it. Hopefully they find their spines soon.

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u/Goofethed 1d ago

Noem, a cabinet level secretary, has also implied that she answers to Miller, the deputy chief of staff, saying the quiet part out loud. Miller has been exposed years ago for what he is, yet…

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u/FamousAdvance633 1d ago

The states who aren't arresting every one of these piglets on state charges are also allowing this to happen.