CNN: Pentagon Approves Nat’l Guard Deployment To DC For Pro-Trump Protests | Talking Points Memo

The Pentagon on Monday reportedly approved the deployment of D.C. National Guard forces to the nation’s capital this week for pro-Trump protests centered around the certification of Joe Biden’s victory.


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CNN: Pentagon Approves Nat’l Guard Deployment To DC For Pro-Trump Protests

Ok, I’ll bite. For crowd control? or to join the crowd?

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I think it’s the latter.

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I hope antifa types stay home. Don’t give them reasons to do stupid shit.

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I’ve rethought this a bit. I now suspect that it’s to protect the pro-Trump demonstrators from counterdemonstrators.

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“One leader of the Proud Boys, the right-wing street gang, said last week that the group would attend the festivities ‘incognito’.”

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Two great minds with but a single thought.
Any faith I had in the National Guard went down in a hail of bullets on May 4, 1970.

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Once again, irasdad for the win!

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Unarmed? Why not call out the Girl scouts? Any violence from supporters of the President Un-elect must be met with overwhelming force. Sad!

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I dunno about DC’s National Guard. But I am quite sure that the GA National Guard members are eagerly awaiting for orders to to arrest the governor, the AG and the secretary of state.

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Does that mean a concerted effort to appear intelligent?

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I think it means Tahitian shirts vs Hawaiian.

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When the looting starts the shooting starts.

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The mayor’s office told CNN that roughly one hundred guardsmen will be deployed at any given time.

How many helicopters?

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Blending in with yellow and black kilts.

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And now rank and file members are scouring Craigslist for a used Cognito that can seat 20 wankers.

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T0mi_ymca

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Proud Boy planned to go on the lam in Fire Island…

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The thin blue line redefined

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I think the Girl Scouts could do a good job, actually. Arm them with Cookies of De-escalation!

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