Dem warns MAGA allies will urge Trump to use 'martial law' to confront terrorism
Raw StorySen. Chris Murphy is raising alarms over what actions Donald Trump will be urged to take in the aftermath of the New Orleans attack that left 14 dead and dozens injured as the country continues to grapple for answers. The warning came Thursday as Republicans – led by Trump – continued to falsely claim that President Joe Biden’s “open border policy” is to blame for authorities missing signs that could have thwarted the attack. “In the coming days, watch for autocracy-fetishizing MAGA figures who call on Trump to use ‘emergency powers’ or ‘domestic war powers’ to confront domestic terrorism,” Murphy told his X followers on Thursday. They're out to destroy the rule of law.” The Connecticut senator made a series of posts to his X account in the hours after a man rammed a pickup truck through a crowd in New Orleans’ famed French Quarter to condemn the attack as “an abomination” – and call out Trump. “Trump is intentionally lying about the attacker being an immigrant - he wasn’t,” Murphy wrote above a social media post from Trump.
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