No National Guard For You!
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So... Trump asked for the troops. Pelosi refused to ask for them.
Is this coming into focus, yet?
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”
Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
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So... Trump asked for the troops. Pelosi refused to ask for them.
Is this coming into focus, yet?
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I would like to see the full transcript. Both sides have an agenda. Releasing select quotes just reinforces that.
It is possible that President Trump sent a follow up message: "No, I thought about it. No need for any troops. It is going to be a peaceful gathering by US patriots.
(Not saying this happened, but we always talk on this board about how things are taken out of context by "selective editing" or quoting.)
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So... Trump asked for the troops. Pelosi refused to ask for them.
Is this coming into focus, yet?
@Jolly said in No National Guard For You!:
So... Trump asked for the troops. Pelosi refused to ask for them.
Is this coming into focus, yet?
Who has authority to call for the National Guard?
Does POTUS? Speaker of the House? Mayor of DC? Sec Def?
IF POTUS has authority, does Speaker have the veto?
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@Jolly said in No National Guard For You!:
So... Trump asked for the troops. Pelosi refused to ask for them.
Is this coming into focus, yet?
Who has authority to call for the National Guard?
Does POTUS? Speaker of the House? Mayor of DC? Sec Def?
IF POTUS has authority, does Speaker have the veto?
@George-K said in No National Guard For You!:
@Jolly said in No National Guard For You!:
So... Trump asked for the troops. Pelosi refused to ask for them.
Is this coming into focus, yet?
Who has authority to call for the National Guard?
Does POTUS? Speaker of the House? Mayor of DC? Sec Def?
IF POTUS has authority, does Speaker have the veto?
The Speaker has the authority.
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No member of Congress has the authority to activate the District of Columbia National Guard. Only the president, Defense secretary and U.S. Army secretary do.
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No member of Congress has the authority to activate the District of Columbia National Guard. Only the president, Defense secretary and U.S. Army secretary do.
@George-K said in No National Guard For You!:
No member of Congress has the authority to activate the District of Columbia National Guard. Only the president, Defense secretary and U.S. Army secretary do.
I stand corrected.
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”
Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
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If Trump said "deploy the troops" and the troops ain't deployed, what does that say about Trump's effectiveness as commander-in-chief?
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If Trump said "deploy the troops" and the troops ain't deployed, what does that say about Trump's effectiveness as commander-in-chief?
@Axtremus said in No National Guard For You!:
If Trump said "deploy the troops" and the troops ain't deployed, what does that say about Trump's effectiveness as commander-in-chief?
If you believe some of the "tell-all" books that came out (Deborah Birx's book comes to mind) there was a concerted effort to undermine what he wanted to do.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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If Trump said "deploy the troops" and the troops ain't deployed, what does that say about Trump's effectiveness as commander-in-chief?
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@Axtremus said in No National Guard For You!:
If Trump said "deploy the troops" and the troops ain't deployed, what does that say about Trump's effectiveness as commander-in-chief?
If you believe some of the "tell-all" books that came out (Deborah Birx's book comes to mind) there was a concerted effort to undermine what he wanted to do.
@George-K said in No National Guard For You!:
@Axtremus said in No National Guard For You!:
If Trump said "deploy the troops" and the troops ain't deployed, what does that say about Trump's effectiveness as commander-in-chief?
If you believe some of the "tell-all" books that came out (Deborah Birx's book comes to mind) there was a concerted effort to undermine what he wanted to do.
Swampy, isn't it?
Secondly, in view of this transcript, what does it say about the second impeachment?
With history, we now know the first was absolute political BS. Now, it's increasingly looking like the second was pure political BS.
I know we have a country filled with LIV's, but whatever your politics may be, citizens should be apoplectic with Congress being used this way.
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@George-K said in No National Guard For You!:
@Axtremus said in No National Guard For You!:
If Trump said "deploy the troops" and the troops ain't deployed, what does that say about Trump's effectiveness as commander-in-chief?
If you believe some of the "tell-all" books that came out (Deborah Birx's book comes to mind) there was a concerted effort to undermine what he wanted to do.
Swampy, isn't it?
Secondly, in view of this transcript, what does it say about the second impeachment?
With history, we now know the first was absolute political BS. Now, it's increasingly looking like the second was pure political BS.
I know we have a country filled with LIV's, but whatever your politics may be, citizens should be apoplectic with Congress being used this way.
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@George-K said in No National Guard For You!:
No member of Congress has the authority to activate the District of Columbia National Guard. Only the president, Defense secretary and U.S. Army secretary do.
I stand corrected.
@Jolly said in No National Guard For You!:
@George-K said in No National Guard For You!:
No member of Congress has the authority to activate the District of Columbia National Guard. Only the president, Defense secretary and U.S. Army secretary do.
I stand corrected.
Not to kick a man when he’s down, but I’ll bet you were sitting corrected.
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I would like to see the full transcript. Both sides have an agenda. Releasing select quotes just reinforces that.
It is possible that President Trump sent a follow up message: "No, I thought about it. No need for any troops. It is going to be a peaceful gathering by US patriots.
(Not saying this happened, but we always talk on this board about how things are taken out of context by "selective editing" or quoting.)
@taiwan_girl said in No National Guard For You!:
I would like to see the full transcript.
https://justthenews.com/sites/default/files/2024-09/26 - Milley - 4.8.21.pdf
These might also be interesting.
https://justthenews.com/sites/default/files/2024-09/25 - Miller - 3.12.21.pdf
https://justthenews.com/sites/default/files/2024-09/2 - Contee - 3.17.21.pdf
