{"id":2372970,"date":"2024-11-24T19:16:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T00:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rand-paul-suggests-denver-mayor-opposing-deportations-is-a-form-of-insurrection-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-24T19:18:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T00:18:08","slug":"rand-paul-suggests-denver-mayor-opposing-deportations-is-a-form-of-insurrection-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rand-paul-suggests-denver-mayor-opposing-deportations-is-a-form-of-insurrection-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Rand Paul suggests Denver mayor opposing deportations is \u2018a form of insurrection\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frand-paul-suggests-denver-mayor-opposing-deportations-is-a-form-of-insurrection-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2372970&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) has\u200c expressed concerns about \u200bDenver Mayor\u200c Mike Johnston&#8217;s stance\u2064 against President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jd-vance-on-trumps-mass-deportation-plans-pack-your-bags-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"JD Vance on Trump\u2019s mass deportation plans: \u2018Pack your bags\u2019 - Washington Examiner\">mass deportation plans<\/a>, labeling it a \u2062potential act of insurrection.\u2062 Johnston, among several mayors refusing to cooperate with Trump&#8217;s deportation efforts, declared Denver a \u2063&#8221;welcoming, open, \u200cbig-hearted city.&#8221; Paul warned that Johnston&#8217;s defiance could lead to legal \u2064consequences, including\u2063 possible removal\u200d from office by the Supreme\u200b Court. In an\u2063 interview, Paul criticized the idea of using the\u200d military for deportations, advocating\u2062 instead for utilizing the FBI and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)\u200c for these operations. He emphasized that employing the Army \u2062for such plans is unlawful and \u2062could damage the nation&#8217;s image.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Rand Paul suggests Denver mayor opposing deportations is &lsquo;a form of insurrection&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1890861\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rand-paul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Rand Paul<\/a> (R-KY) warned that Denver Mayor Mike Johnston could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/systemic-racism-is-all-around-us-like-fairies-and-invisible-aliens\/\" title=\"Systemic Racism Is All Around Us, Like Fairies And Invisible Aliens\">face legal repercussions<\/a> over his opposition to President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">proposed mass deportations<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/illegal-immigrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-happening-president-trump-issues-warning-swing-states-that-found-massive-voter-fraud-which-is-all-of-them-cannot-legally-certify-these-votes\/\" title=\"IT\u2019S HAPPENING: President Trump Issues Warning \u2013 Swing States that Found MASSIVE VOTER FRAUD, which is all of them, CANNOT LEGALLY CERTIFY these votes\">illegal immigrants<\/a><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Johnston is one of several mayors who have stated they will not assist the incoming Trump administration with its deportation plan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3239219\/denver-mayor-refuses-assist-trump-deportation-efforts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">stating that Denver would &ldquo;continue to be a welcoming, open, big-hearted city.&rdquo;<\/a> Paul, who has expressed criticism of Trump&rsquo;s plan to use the Army to carry out his deportation plan, warned the mayor that his resistance could be taken to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Supreme Court<\/a>, where he could potentially be removed from office.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know whether or not there would be a criminal prosecution for someone resisting federal law, but he will lose, and people need to realize that what he is offering is a form of insurrection where the states resist the federal government,&rdquo; Paul said on CBS News&rsquo;s <em>Face the Nation<\/em>. &ldquo;Most people objected to that and rejected that long ago. So I think the mayor of Denver is on the wrong side of history, and really, I think, will face legal ramifications if he doesn&rsquo;t obey the federal law.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2706794&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=97a03a6adafd2393dc19d7ea7c9ac117\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In regards to how Trump could implement its deportation plan, Paul suggested he instead utilize the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fbi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">FBI<\/a>, the Border Patrol, or the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a>. He also said using the Army is unlawful for this plan, and that there is &ldquo;a better way&rdquo; to carry it out.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Paul warned against using the military to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illegal-immigrants-guilty-of-dui-assault-will-not-be-deported-under-biden-plan\/\" title=\"Illegal Immigrants Guilty of DUI, Assault Will Not Be Deported Under Biden Plan\">deport illegal immigrants<\/a> because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3237818\/rand-paul-says-trump-move-bring-military-deportation-effort-terrible-image\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">it would be a &ldquo;terrible image,&rdquo;<\/a> as well as being illegal &ldquo;for over 100 years to bring the Army into our cities.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When asked if he would oppose voting to confirm Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kristi-noem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kristi Noem<\/a> (R-SD) as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3226778\/trump-reportedly-selects-kristi-noem-to-head-department-of-homeland-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump&rsquo;s secretary of homeland security<\/a>, Paul reiterated that he would not vote to use the nation&rsquo;s military for an illegal immigrant roundup.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) warned Democratic lawmakers planning to oppose Trump&rsquo;s mass deportations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3236224\/greg-abbott-says-democrats-opposing-deportations-doubling-down-losses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">risk further losses at the ballot box<\/a>, suggesting the party is &ldquo;doubling down&rdquo; on why it lost the presidential election. He added that voters are &ldquo;angry&rdquo; about how much illegal immigration is affecting the nation, and that voters have demanded for their government to take a stand against it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1890861\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1890861\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rand Paul claims Denver mayor&#8217;s deportation opposition is &#8216;insurrection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2372971,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Rand-Paul-Denver-scaled-1024x681.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[10409,45641,8675,38952,32076],"class_list":["post-2372970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-insurrection","tag-denver-mayor","tag-deportations","tag-rand-paul","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Rand-Paul-Denver-scaled-1024x681.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2372970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2372970"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2372970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2372974,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2372970\/revisions\/2372974"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2372971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2372970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2372970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2372970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}