ROFL: Elizabeth Warren Lays Out What She’ll Do If Trump Sends Troops To Massachusetts

Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren said on Bloomberg Tuesday that she would fight back if President Donald Trump deploys federal troops to her home state.

Trump has deployed National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., Portland, Chicago, and  Los Angeles, and he has signaled plans to send them nationwide to enforce federal immigration operations. Appearing on “Bloomberg: Balance of Power,” Warren rejected the idea of federal intervention in Massachusetts.

“Mayor Wu put out a very strong statement about this and said, ‘We’re not going to do this.’ She’s also put out a strong statement when police officers got hurt, when there had been a protest. Look, everybody has problems. Things happen, but that’s why we have our local police. That’s why we have our state police, and they are doing an excellent job,” Warren said.

Warren said she would support legal action if Trump attempted to override state authority.

“Oh, yes,” Warren said when the host asked if she’d pursue legal action against the deployment of troops. “Look, what Donald Trump is trying to do right now in California, in Illinois, is pretty clearly illegal. And the courts have already said so across the board, that he does not have the authority to engage in this kind of takeover of American cities, same thing for Portland. But this is about more than just what is legal. This is about Donald Trump trying to find as many ways as possible to suppress, to shut up, to hush anyone who disagrees with Donald Trump.”

The Massachusetts senator warned that Trump’s intentions go beyond law enforcement and reflect a deeper pattern of suppressing political dissent.

“That’s true whether we’re talking about mayors of big cities or we’re talking about late night comedians or we’re talking about elected officials,” Warren said. “Donald Trump cares most about using the federal government and its power to silence dissent rather than to advance the interests of the American people. That is the central problem we have, and it just keeps cropping up over and over, because Donald Trump wants government to serve him personally, not the American people.”

Trump’s troop deployment in the Los Angeles area in June has yielded results, with the Department of Homeland Security announcing in late August that ICE and Border Patrol agents had apprehended their 5,000th illegal migrant since the crackdown began in June.

Trump deployed National Guard troops and assumed control of the Metropolitan Police Department after a string of violent crimes in Washington, vowing to “reestablish law and order and safety” in the capital. The move followed a series of high-profile attacks, including the fatal shootings of two Israeli Embassy staff members in May and a 21-year-old congressional intern in June.

Following the deployment, robberies dropped by 42% and carjackings plunged 85% in Washington after Trump’s crackdown began, according to police union data released Aug. 25. As of Aug. 7, law enforcement had made 1,841 arrests and seized 188 illegal firearms, Attorney General Pam Bondi said.