Three states to deploy hundreds of national guard troops to Washington DC

[riversedge]

Source: the guardian



Story by Edward Helmore with agencies • 48m • 4 min read

Three states have moved to deploy hundreds of members of their national guard to the nation’s capital as part of the Trump administration’s effort to overhaul policing in Washington through a federal crackdown.

West Virginia said it was deploying 300 to 400 guard troops, while South Carolina pledged 200 and Ohio said it would send 150 in the coming days.

The moves announced on Saturday came as protesters pushed back on federal law enforcement and national guard troops fanning out in the heavily Democratic city following Donald Trump’s executive order federalizing local police forces and activating about 800 District of Columbia national guard members..................

Data compiled by the DC police department shows that violent crime was actually at a 30-year-low when Trump returned to office in January, and has declined a further 26% since then....................................




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[riversedge]

1. NOW: "Traitors!" Protesters Confront National Guard at Union Station in Washington DC

Oliya Scootercaster 🛴
@ScooterCasterNY
NOW: "Traitors!" Protesters Confront National Guard at Union Station in Washington DC

Link to tweet

[elleng]

2. because they want togive thier guards vacations!

[IronLionZion]

3. Is the NRA going to resist tyranny?

No? Just hero sub sandwich guy then.

Don't bread on me with your deli weapon

[Karasu]

4. Those three states must really like the taste of licking fascist boots.

[no_hypocrisy]

5. What is the new ratio of National Guard to Police in DC now?

10 to 1?

[riversedge]

6. Good question but I have no idea.

[Klaus Hergersheimer]

7. Traitorous West Virginia sends the National Guard to quell the non existent crime wave in DC

As a resident of central Maryland my family often enjoyed day trips to nearby W VA especially the scenic and historic town of Harpers Ferry. My wife also had relatives living in W VA and they were always very cordial and welcoming to us city slickers. One of the homes where we stayed had a well containing 'sulfa water' (from sulfur in the water) that filled the house with the smell of rotten eggs and was only suitable for bathing. Despite that our days spent there were enjoyable. Back in those days, the 1980s through the early 2000s the state was fairly blue and even had Jay Rockefeller as a US senator. Unfortunately, the state is now ultra MAGA and despite its boast of being 'Almost Heaven,' a tune sung by the late John Denver, heaven it is not. Not only is there decay everywhere but the previously independent minded residents have fallen under the spell of the Trump / MAGA cult. My feelings toward the state have turned negative and I doubt that I will ever visit there again. What a shame that the disease of Trumpism is so epidemic in this country.

It is disappointing but not surprising that this woeful excuse for a state with a collective IQ below Zero would eagerly send 'them thar country boys' to rough up 'them DC libtards.' If any group of Trump's / krazy Kristi Noem's Brown Shirts ever start shooting my guess is that the trigger happy jerks would be those W VA boys.

Previously a blue state, W VA is now totally red. Totally forgotten is all the good paying federal jobs that the former Democratic senators relocated to their state in the 1990s to place a bandaid on its pitiful economy. The state would be better off convincing its rapidly dwindling population to stay and stave off the loss of another congressional House seat leaving them with only one. Maybe the state Billy Bobs could convince the Trump family to build another plush golf course there for the use of their billionaire friends. Don't bet on it.

Where are all the good paying 'clean' coal jobs Trump had promised the W VA (and PA) miners, what's left of them, since coal mining in now more profitable in a few western states. At least the decline of coal mining in W VA has curtailed mountaintop removal, a process where the top of mountains are blown up to expose coal veins. What a beautiful sight that is. I've seen photos. Needless to say the technique causes extreme environmental damage and dangerous effects on human health. But who cares. Jobs are more important argue the Republicons, even unsustainable ones. The natives, and I personally know several, think Trumpy is a god and a great proponent of family values who will save them from blue state immorality and all those horrible libtard environmental regs. They are perfectly welcome to do his bidding much to their detriment.

So sad. But we can't cure stupid with people who lack basic civics education and critical thinking skills. Worse, the misdirected hatred of the natives aimed at Democrats is simply stupid in the extreme. What have the Republicons ever done to make W VA great again? How about - not much!

My sympathy to all the decent W VA natives.

[louis-t]

8. Crime rate will remain the same and he will take credit for it.

At a huge cost from moving National Guard around. Repugs destroy everything they touch. It's all a big show to them. Like demolition derby.

[bluestarone]

9. Folks, we are on the very edge of our Democracy.

I really feel our country being devoured by pure NAZISM. WTF?

[thought crime]

11. It's performance Nazification.

The political stunts demonstrate power and strength as well as creating distraction and chaos. The Nazis swoop in.

[republianmushroom]

10. Why wasn't more money given to DC for LE before trump takeover ?

[kimbutgar]

12. I had an idea for trolling these ice nazis

Play protest songs and dance with posters calling them out. Can you imagine how uncomfortable those ice thugs would be surrounded by hundreds of people dancing and mocking them?

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[ProudMNDemocrat]

13. The ULTIMATE Goal here is MARTIAL LAW with manufactured propaganda.

Nothing would solidify implementing the Insurrection Act and Martial Law to nullify the US Constitution by TACO Don, than to say the citizenry of D.C. and elsewhere are going amok.

[Martin68]

14. It's all performative bullshit. Fcoirst of all, the "emergency order" that enables all this drama only last for 90 days,

could not survive Democratic opposition if Trump tries to renew it. Secondly, this just confirms that Republicans in Congress have been grossly underfunding the DC police force, which is severely understaffed. The DC police force does indeed need more cops to put on the street. This exercise is a waste of money and totally useless.

[mdbl]

15. DId these states finally realize what a threat the Dump Administration is to our country?