In theory, even for the most ardent state-sovereignty-protecting Constitutionalist, there must be some point at which a state of emergency of any type, gets so bad, and so beyond the ability of the state to handle on its own, that everyone would agree the federal government needs to intervene, even take control, at least until that emergency no longer exists.
Therefore, a warning that the feds “will” intervene if the problem isn’t fixed, and continues to get worse, is, in fact, inevitable at some future point.
The issue is, then, when is such a warning appropriate.
The issue is, then, when is such a warning appropriate.
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To me it isn’t whether this warning is appropriate now or later or at all.
To me it is focusing on a pot hole problem in San Francisco while an enemy invasion is taking place in Virginia.
Sure, set up a federal pot-hole-fixit program for Sh*t Francisco sometime at your leisure.
But right now there is a major constitutional crisis happening in Virginia.
And in Virginia Trump can and should be taking very public, very clear steps (with an announcement about federalizing the National Guard) to protect US citizen constitutional rights in that state, now under siege.