*** The Official MAGAposting thread ***

[Poopadoop]

You need two armed sides, and one side to put the other side in a situation where it's fight or roll over. People don't tend to roll over, especially armed people, and especially when they're motivated by an intense hatred of the political leader of their opponent.

They can't just be a rabble though, to fight a proper war you need leadership, organisation, logistics, and an actual military strategy besides "arrrrggggh they killed mah president!"

Who's going to lead the new confederate army? Who's going to sort them into divisions, get their food and ammo sorted out, plan how they're going to fight? JD Vance?

Any rebellion big enough to pose an actual threat to the government would get squashed like a bug. Have you heard of the US Army? They're pretty good at the whole war thing. It's like they're trained professionals who do it for a living as opposed to a bunch of yokels with assault guns.

If Trump got killed, I think we'd being witnessing widespread riots at this moment in time.

Probably. Widespread riots is quite a ways from a civil war though.

How does the left respond to that?

The "left?" Why are they suddenly in charge of the response? The government would go in and deal with the riots, like they always do. A few yahoos would get killed, then things would settle down.

When BLM or whoever was rioting because people were getting shot for driving while black, was it the "right" that dealt with it? No, it was the authorities.

Do they take to the streets in an attempt to restore order? Or do they stay inside and wait for the police and military to restore order?

What? How crazy do you think the average American is? It's like you think they're all just sitting in their living rooms waiting for an excuse to pop a cap in someone's ass. The vast majority of them are peaceful. They'd let the authorities deal with it.

[OngBonga]

Probably. Widespread riots is quite a ways from a civil war though.

It is.

The "left?" Why are they suddenly in charge of the response?

Well I'm assuming that it's "the right" that are going to cause problems in the hypothetical event of Trump getting assassinated. If there's a serious problem that the police and military are struggling to keep a lid on, then ordinary civilians who oppose the civil unrest could take to the streets. If extremists on the right start killing political opponents, then the extremists on the left are likely to retaliate.

When BLM or whoever was rioting because people were getting shot for driving while black, was it the "right" that dealt with it? No, it was the authorities.

That's because the authorities could deal with it. At what point does it reach the point where people start to think the authorities are failing to deal with it? The BLM riots were not ever likely to escalate into full blown civil unrest between opposing political factions. The assassination of a leader is a different matter.

The vast majority of them are peaceful. They'd let the authorities deal with it.

What if the authorities are unable to quell the uprising? Will the vast majority of people remain on the fence?

Which one started that way?

idk, I'm not a history expert. I'd be willing to bet on it though, that at least one civil war happened as a direct consequence of an assassination. It must have done. If not I'd be extremely surprised.