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Trump is unlawfully deploying the Utah NG in Washington D. C.

All a governor needs to do is say no.

Just say no.

Some said okay and sent a dozen or more NG, others said no and that was that. Mostly, Republican governors said yes but only a few while Democratic governors told Trump what he can do with his request. Trump requested the governors to sign the orders given Trump is careful not to sign any order that could turn out to be lethal against demonstrating citizens.

This is also when SecDef Esper made his asshat "battlespace" statement he ended up retracting hours later after Admiral retired Mike Mullen former chairman of the Joint Chiefs broke his long silence and said Esper's word "battlespace" referring to peaceful protest by citizens at the church is "unacceptable." Mullen said he had to speak out because the nation is at an "inflection point."



Trump asked dozens of governors in a conference call Monday to send their National Guard troops to the nation’s capital to handle the protests. Esper was also on the call and told the governors, “I think the sooner that you mass and dominate the battlespace, the quicker this dissipates and we can get back to the right normal. We need to dominate the battlespace.” Defense officials said that National Guard members from Utah and New Jersey were on the ground Monday and that additional troops from Indiana, South Carolina, and Tennessee were expected to arrive Tuesday. Maryland sent 116 National Guardsmen to the District on Tuesday, according to a spokesman for Gov. Larry Hogan (R). And Ohio — led by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine — sent 100 members of its National Guard to Washington on Tuesday, according to a report on Cleveland.com.


But some states with Democratic governors declined to send National Guard troops. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said he refused for several reasons. “It was not requested by the mayor of Washington, D.C.,” he said. “I am not going to send our National Guard to Washington for a photo op.” Democratic governors in New York, Pennsylvania and Delaware also turned down requests for National Guard troops. Another Pentagon official told the network that support was expected from Delaware as well, but troops were diverted to Wilmington. The U.S. Park Police issued a mutual aid request for other local police agencies. Arlington County [VA] police joined the Park Police on Sunday and Monday but were withdrawn after county officials expressed dismay at the forceful sweep of protesters that led to Trump’s appearance in front of St. John’s Episcopal Church. “We were being used,” Arlington County Manager Mark Schwartz said. “We had been asked to do something that turned out to be a political stunt.” [In VA] Alexandria, Fairfax and [in MD] Montgomery County police officials said their departments declined the request from the Park Police. Prince George’s County [MD] police officials said they did not receive a request. The Park Police did not respond to a request for comment.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...7a1626-a521-11ea-bb20-ebf0921f3bbd_story.html



I would only reiterate that the Republican Party has become what we took up arms to fight against and defeat throughout the 20th century. USA civil-military relations have also come crashing down like a statue of Robert E. Lee in the U.S. Capitol Statuary Hall the Virginia legislature voted just recently to remove as representing its Commonwealth.
 
All a governor needs to do is say no.

Just say no.

Some said okay and sent a dozen or more NG, others said no and that was that. Mostly, Republican governors said yes but only a few while Democratic governors told Trump what he can do with his request. Trump requested the governors to sign the orders given Trump is careful not to sign any order that could turn out to be lethal against demonstrating citizens.

This is also when SecDef Esper made his asshat "battlespace" statement he ended up retracting hours later after Admiral retired Mike Mullen former chairman of the Joint Chiefs broke his long silence and said Esper's word "battlespace" referring to peaceful protest by citizens at the church is "unacceptable." Mullen said he had to speak out because the nation is at an "inflection point."







I would only reiterate that the Republican Party has become what we took up arms to fight against and defeat throughout the 20th century. USA civil-military relations have also come crashing down like a statue of Robert E. Lee in the U.S. Capitol Statuary Hall the Virginia legislature voted just recently to remove as representing its Commonwealth.

We who?
 
Fairly typical. The piece of **** mayor of DC cant prevent the violence in her city and the leftists **** themselves when others are called in to do the job they are incapable of doing.

Its almost like the idiot leftist pieces of **** in this country WANT to see their cities ****ing burn.
 
Fairly typical. The piece of **** mayor of DC cant prevent the violence in her city and the leftists **** themselves when others are called in to do the job they are incapable of doing.

Its almost like the idiot leftist pieces of **** in this country WANT to see their cities ****ing burn.

So she needs to disband the PD and incoporate city policing into a police SERVICE based in Virginia

Replace policemen with guns with social workers and mental health therapists

This is a great opportunity for the complete de-militarization of policing in the USA.
 
“Just heard that Mayor Bowser is kicking the Utah National Guard out of all DC hotels tomorrow. More than 1,200 troops from 10 states are being evicted. This is unacceptable,” Lee tweeted Thursday night.

Utah National Guard troops deployed to D.C. moved to new hotel amid political skirmish - The Salt Lake Tribune





lol

That's so funny.

The true story is far more mundane but doesn't make for a good piece of partisan propaganda. Yet another budget dispute cloaked in partisan warfare.

Mayor Bowser did not evict National Guard from Marriott: VERIFY | wusa9.com
 
Fairly typical. The piece of **** mayor of DC cant prevent the violence in her city and the leftists **** themselves when others are called in to do the job they are incapable of doing.

Its almost like the idiot leftist pieces of **** in this country WANT to see their cities ****ing burn.

What's the downside for Trump to let them burn?
 
I guess it would be one more major disaster he was incapable of handling...

No, it's a local matter. It's Democrats destroying democratic cities, and there's no way anyone can blame Trump for that.
 
No, it's a local matter. It's Democrats destroying democratic cities, and there's no way anyone can blame Trump for that.

I see it a Republicans destroying Democrat cities....

One Republican in particular, issuing divisive proclamations, failing to unite the country, ambivalent towards the protection of his people, the valuation of $$$ and votes over morality

Nothing showed this better than gassing innocent people (including a priest Btw) so he could stage a photo op treating the Bible as a political prop).
 
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