The Pentagon is developing plans to restructure the National Guard in Washington, D.C., in a move to address problems highlighted by the chaotic response to the Jan. 6 riot and safety breaches during the 2020 protests over the murder of George Floyd, The Associated Press has learned.
That’s something I don’t understand about J6. Whose responsibility is it to deploy the Guard? Why were they absent for like…four hours? Wtf happened?
They couldn’t deploy until someone gave the order to deploy.
This authority to activate the D.C. National Guard has been delegated, by the President, to the Secretary of Defense and further delegated to the Secretary of the Army. The D.C. National Guard is the only National Guard unit, out of all of the 54 states and territories, which reports only to the President.
Basically Trump and the above listed people didn’t order them to them to be deployed.
So Pence ordered it, which is not strictly legal, but that’s how things had to go with the president attempting a coup.
DC is a bit of an oddity, it’s not a state, so there’s no governor to deploy the guard, plus much of their governance has to be approved by Congress, this is part of the reason that there’s a push for DC statehood, residents are getting tired of this mess.
They also have no representatives or senators. Taxation without representation.
All so the minority party can still play politics and be relevant. Would be an easy win for dems, but they’re allergic to winning or executing policy that means they would continue to win. It’s all a big clownshow failed-state made to look like we’re not just serfs that toil our lives away for the profits of people who would just as soon kill us all as let go of their massive portion of global wealth.
The House passed the DC Administration Act last time the Democrats held it. The problem is the Senate filibuster. The GOP would rather disenfranchise than cede any bit of their power. The situation is eerily similar to those around the Kansas-Nebraska Act 170 years ago.
The problem is the Senate filibuster.
Don’t you find it odd that there is always some sort of republican scheme or “problem” keeping the democrats from getting anything meaningful done?
At what point are the Republicans political strategy masterminds that can never be beat, even when not in power?
Or
At what point do we realize that corporate democrats don’t actually want to win or play dirty politics to beat the obviously cheating Republicans?
Why is it that only the Republicans can “play dirty” to advance their agenda? Why can’t the democrats, who are supposed to be fighting for the people against the Republicans, ever get anything major done?
You don’t need to think too hard to realize that it comes down to class and that American politics is smoke and mirrors for us and power for the corrupt/elite and lawmaker/lobbyist class. The corporate democrats (the only ones who have had any power in the last 3 decades) haven’t done fuck all for us. They are a pressure escape to keep us from realizing the system is bullshit all the way down and burning it to the ground.
Don’t get me wrong, Republicans are still the biggest cancer in the system. I’m just tired of democrats getting power and then not using it to make the middle class’ life better consistently over time.
The whole system is broken and I’m done hearing about how hard democrat politicians have been trying for the past several decades when things continually get worse and the republican party remains the minority.
As the Jan. 6 riot was unfolding, city leaders were making frantic calls to Army leaders, asking them to send Guard troops to the Capitol where police and security were being overrun. City leaders complained heatedly about delays in the response as the Pentagon considered Bowser’s National Guard request. City police ended up reinforcing the Capitol Police.
Army leaders, in response, said the district was demanding help but not providing the details and information necessary to determine what forces were needed and how they would be used.
So, send in a smallish number of troops and find out if more are needed yourselves. This excuse doesn’t add up to shit in my eyes.
not providing the details and information necessary
Did they try turning on CNN for f’s sake? It’s pretty much the only time since 9/11 that I can recall having phone calls that went like:
Are you seeing this?! Turn on the tv!
What channel?
ALL OF THEM!
