Donald Trump has indicated he is open to using the Insurrection Act to deploy U.S. troops on U.S. soil — and a large majority of his party agrees with him.
Trump is just days away from taking the oath of office at the same site where rioters breached the Capitol four years ago on Jan. 6, in an event that sparked new attention about when and where it is legal to deploy the military domestically .
During his campaign, Trump talked about not repeating what he sees as mistakes from his first term when it comes to bringing order to the streets.
At the end of his term, there were protests and violent demonstrations over the killing of George Floyd, with key aides embarrassed by an attempt to deploy thousands of troops on the ground.
Now, a new poll for DailyMail.com by JL Partners shows the president-elect’s level of support for invoking the Insurrection Act, even at a time when his political enemies fear he will carry out “retaliation.”
When asked whether they support its use, an overwhelming 57 percent of Republicans strongly or somewhat supported the idea.
That compares with just 21 percent of Democrats, while 61 percent are opposed.
Overall, the public is divided, with 35 percent in favor and a slightly larger 39 percent opposed.
Overall, 57 percent of Republicans strongly or somewhat support Trump invoking the Insurrection Act against ‘domestic enemies’
Next, the results suggest that if Trump wants to deploy the military on U.S. soil, it won’t cost him his MAGA base.
Support was greatest among young people: 44 percent of 18-29 year olds supported the proposal, while 59 percent of those over 65 were against it.
Respondents were told that some suggested that “Trump could invoke the Insurrection Act once he becomes president, which would give him executive powers and the ability to send the military against ‘domestic enemies'” and asked whether they would support or oppose.
During his campaign, Trump railed against “crime dens” in Democratic-run cities like Chicago, raising alarms among his critics about what his intentions were for the military he controls as commander in chief.
‘Next time I won’t wait. One of the things I did was let them take charge and we’re going to show how bad they’re doing,” Trump said in Iowa in 2023. “Well, we did that. We don’t have to wait any longer.’
Trump has talked about deploying U.S. troops to the southern border and using them to quell unrest.
He has also spoken about using the military to carry out mass deportations, which was a key campaign promise.
Plans to carry out large-scale immigration raids across the country in cities like Chicago 24 hours after his inauguration emerged on Friday evening.
“I will save Aurora and every city that has been invaded and conquered,” Trump said when speaking about the Denver suburb he described as a “war zone” because of Venezuelan gang activity. “We will put these cruel and bloodthirsty criminals in prison or deport them from our country.”

“We will put these vicious and bloodthirsty criminals in jail or kick them out of our country,” Trump said as he raged against gangs in the US.

The Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits the military from participating in domestic law enforcement. But Trump has long talked about deploying the military at home, while raging about an “enemy within.”

Trump demanded the military put 10,000 troops on the streets in 2020 after the George Floyd protests, some of which turned violent, CBS reported
He also spoke of using the military against the “enemy within.”
“I think the bigger problem is the enemy within,” Trump told Fox News Channel last fall. “We have some really bad people. We have some sick people, radical left-wing lunatics. And I think they’re the big ones – and it should be handled very easily by, if necessary, by the National Guard, or, if it’s really necessary, by the military, because they can’t let that happen.”
Democrats in the Senate Judiciary Branch are questioning Trump’s choice to lead the Justice Department, Pam Bondi, over whether she would be loyal to Trump while serving as the nation’s top law enforcement official.
Some expressed doubts after she did not declare who won the 2020 election, but reiterated that Biden is the president of the United States.
Connecticut’s Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal said he doesn’t think he can support Bondi because “the attorney general has to have the guts and guts to say no to Donald Trump, and Pam Bondi has yet to convince me that she who has the qualities to endure. to Donald Trump.”
“I see no way I can responsibly vote for a candidate for attorney general who is unable to say no to Donald Trump when he asks her to do something that is illegal or immoral.” The question is not whether or not Donald Trump will ask the attorney general to do something illegal or immoral. It’s when,” he says.
Trump sent shockwaves through DC on Wednesday after a House Republican charged with overseeing the CIA and FBI was dramatically replaced. Speaker Mike Johnson stunned lawmakers Wednesday when he announced he is replacing House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner. Johnson denied that Trump played a direct role but repeatedly praised Turner’s abilities even as he booted him.
The Insurrection Act actually refers to a series of laws passed by Congress during the first hundred years of the Republic. It provides an exception to the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits the military from participating in domestic law enforcement, the bill said. Brennan Center for Justice.
An appeal to the Insurrection Act provides a temporary exception.
Russell Vought, Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget and author of Project 2025 who testified in the Senate on Thursday, spoke about domestic use of the military in an undercover sting video made by a British journalism nonprofit.
“The president has, you know, the ability both along the border and elsewhere to maintain law and order with the military,” Vought said on camera. “And that’s something that, you know, it’s going to be important that he remembers it and that his lawyers confirm it.”
Trump demanded the military put 10,000 troops on the streets after the George Floyd protests, some of which turned violent in 2020. CBS reported.
He faced resistance from his Secretary of Defense, Mark Esper, as well as AG Bill Barr and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs General Mark Milley.
Trump named Milley and Esper to his administration’s blacklist in an online post Wednesday, asking people not to bother “sending or recommending to us people who have worked with them or are supported by them,” or people he accused of “having Trump.” Derangement syndrome.”