The deployment of the National Guard in Washington, D.C. has led to a media and political meltdown. In the New York Times, a column lamented that the military had not revolted against the civilian president.

Even, so, commentators declared a "coup" because the federal government reasserted its constitutional power over the federal district. A Justice Department employee went so far as to scream profanities at federal officers on the street and assault one of them with a submarine sandwich. He was declared a "freedom fighter" against "the Gestapo."

The utter lunacy of the left was again triggered by Trump with an almost Pavlovian predictability. Trump rang the bell, and suddenly thousands of Democratic leaders began to salivate. In addition to denying a very real crime crisis in the district, Democrats immediately pivoted on the issue to renew unpopular demands for D.C. statehood.

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, insisted that this was only happening because "American citizens lack the protections of statehood."

Ankit Jain echoed that view. Jain occupies a farcical position as "D.C. shadow senator," an unpaid position in which he pretends to be a member of the U.S. Senate. Jain wrote that "it’s entirely possible that people will die as a result" of the deployment. He insisted that this would not occur in states........

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