Democrats and other extremists long have insisted the January 6, 2021, events at the U.S. Capitol were an “insurrection.”
And they continually blame President Donald Trump, who urged its supporters to protest “peacefully” that day.
They’ve even tried to use their assumption of an “insurrection” to try to keep Trump off the 2024 presidential ballot.
That stunt reached full fruition at the Colorado state Supreme Court, where an all-Democrat panel decided to go for it, before being summarily blocked and reprimanded by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Actually, those events were a protest that got out of control, with the result being vandalism damage to the Capitol and hundreds and hundreds of protesters jailed for months by anti-Trump prosecutors.
But now there’s new evidence of an “insurrection.”
Actually, constitutional expert Jonathan Turley describes it as more of a “mutiny.”
New York Times is really saying the quiet part out loud, huh? pic.twitter.com/WbWmQ57YnQ
— Robert Sterling (@RobertMSterling) August 13, 2025
If you want to know what the Deep State is, you couldn’t ask for a better example than two Obama NSC members—neither of whom served in uniform—calling for military officers to disregard civilian control of the armed forces and disobey lawful direct orders. pic.twitter.com/6ovp1t3EBT
— Robert Sterling (@RobertMSterling) August 13, 2025
It came in a commentary in the New York Times by Barack Obama administration officials Steven Simon and Jonathan Stevenson.
They seemed to write that the U.S. military should disobey the commander in chief, President Donald Trump.
Their sentiments were that they were counting on the military to overthrow the president and they now are disappointed that that apparently won’t happen.
The NY Times seems to have changed its mind on insurrections. Former Obama officials Steven Simon and Jonathan Stevenson wrote the bizarre column, “We Used to Think the Military Would Stand Up to Trump. We Were Wrong.” Only the last three words are demonstrably true…
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) August 15, 2025
…So, let’s get this straight. A President issued clearly lawful orders for deployment and the NY Times and these Obama officials expected them to simply disregard his orders. In fairness, that is not exactly an insurrection; more like a mutiny.
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) August 15, 2025
The dispute arose over Trump’s agenda to crack down on crime, including the rampant violence in Washington, D.C., by using the National Guard to keep order there.
Turley explained, “The NY Times seems to have changed its mind on insurrections. Former Obama officials Steven Simon and Jonathan Stevenson wrote the bizarre column, ‘We Used to Think the Military Would Stand Up to Trump. We Were Wrong.’ Only the last three words are demonstrably true…”
He added, “There is no question that Trump has the authority to order the National Guard into Washington, a federal enclave. Yet, the column decries how ‘it now seems clear to us that the military will not rescue Americans from Mr. Trump’s misuse of the nation’s military capabilities’…
“So, let’s get this straight. A President issued clearly lawful orders for deployment and the NY Times and these Obama officials expected them to simply disregard his orders. In fairness, that is not exactly an insurrection; more like a mutiny.”
Commentary postings at Twitchy first said, “At this point in our Twitchy lives, you’d think nothing would bother or shock us, and yet The New York Times found a way to do just that. Hey, we get it, they hate Trump, they’re not big fans of America in general, and the idea of 45-47 doing something to help Americans struggling is somehow triggering to these people, but still. Whining because the military hasn’t overthrown our duly elected president. Really, you guys? That’s low and stupid, even for you.”
And Twitchy pointed out the headline soon was changed: “Somebody at the Times eventually thought that was saying the quiet part a little too out loud, so the title of the op-ed was changed to ‘How the military became another instrument of Trump’s power.’ That’s still ridiculous, especially considering that Trump is the Commander-in-Chief of the military.”
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Author: Bob Unruh
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