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Defense Secretary Mark Esper Orders National Guard in D.C. to Disarm, Wear Soft Caps Instead of Helmets
breitbart.com ^ | June 6, 2020 | Kristina Wong

Posted on 06/06/2020 3:32:35 PM PDT by ransomnote

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To: amihow
Youthey-Are-After
61 posted on 06/06/2020 4:03:47 PM PDT by timestax
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To: ransomnote

can his ass!


62 posted on 06/06/2020 4:04:24 PM PDT by cherry
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To: Pollster1

If they’re going to do this they might as well hire all the former Kmart security guards they can. I’m sure some are available.


63 posted on 06/06/2020 4:05:48 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Free the TVs!)
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To: timestax

When I first heard this story I was upset. I thought Esper and Trump we’re backing down. However, after thinking it through, it is really smart. The best thing to happen for the rioters/Democrats is for the police/military to shoot protestors. In tense, heated and inflamed situations mistakes can be made. By disarming the military, they have eliminated the possibility of rioters being killed or wounded. The military will look like the good guys by protecting our monuments. The rioters will trash DC and make themselves look like the thugs they are.


64 posted on 06/06/2020 4:06:35 PM PDT by CalWildcat
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To: mass55th
LOL!!

Turkeys!!!!

65 posted on 06/06/2020 4:08:02 PM PDT by Osage Orange (Mar's isn't a place to raise your kid...)
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To: mass55th

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf3mgmEdfwg


66 posted on 06/06/2020 4:11:25 PM PDT by Osage Orange (Mar's isn't a place to raise your kid...)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

67 posted on 06/06/2020 4:13:57 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: CalWildcat

It is NOT smart for the men’s heads to be exposed when the ‘protestors’ are throwing all kinds of dangerous stuff at them.


68 posted on 06/06/2020 4:17:52 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: ransomnote

IF this is TRUE, ESPER NEEDS TO BE FIRED ON MONDAY!! WHAT A GIRLY GUY!


69 posted on 06/06/2020 4:24:59 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: ransomnote

Maybe he’ll have KNEEL BEFORE BLM THUGS!


70 posted on 06/06/2020 4:25:40 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: ransomnote

Watch Trump drop him like he did Mattis.


71 posted on 06/06/2020 4:26:27 PM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (Remember: >>>>> o b a M A G A t e <<<<<)
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To: Jamestown1630
Beta dogs roll over and show their bellies to alpha dogs in a show of subsevience.

How is this different?

72 posted on 06/06/2020 4:29:56 PM PDT by Eagles6
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To: ransomnote
Every story says they were peaceful...until they're not.

Largely peaceful...except for the violence.

73 posted on 06/06/2020 4:33:13 PM PDT by Eagles6
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To: USS Alaska

Name some blinks?

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

How about the Colossal blunder that started this whole thing rolling?

Jeff Sessions!

Only fired after all the major damage has been done. And Barr seems more of the same. Complete jokes for a president who calls himself the law and order president. The lesson still has not been learned and the overthrow of the government is continuing.

For the sake of argument do you think he will fire at Esper? Will you consider that a ‘blink’ if Trump tweets like hell and does nothing?


74 posted on 06/06/2020 4:40:12 PM PDT by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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To: bramps

Name some blinks?

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

How about the Colossal blunder that started this whole thing rolling?

Jeff Sessions!

Only fired after all the major damage has been done. And Barr seems more of the same. Complete jokes for a president who calls himself the law and order president. The lesson still has not been learned and the overthrow of the government is continuing.

For the sake of argument do you think he will fire at Esper? Will you consider that a ‘blink’ if Trump tweets like hell and does nothing?


Yes, how about Sessions. You seem to have forgotten that POTUS floated the idea of firing him. And what happened? His party controlling the United States Senate publicly threatened POTUS and told him not to fire Sessions because they would not confirm a replacement.

We don’t elect a king. What you are seeing now a POTUS without the support of his own party and sometimes it can be ugly.


75 posted on 06/06/2020 4:45:30 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

Of course—the President can appoint an acting person for any politically appointed position.

They are normally not supposed to serve more than six months.

After six months the President can appoint another acting person if he wishes..

etc etc

Needless to say, the National Guard should have maximum needed protection.

Any Defense Secretary who believes otherwise should be fired on the spot.


76 posted on 06/06/2020 4:46:00 PM PDT by cgbg (New poll: post elderly voters like Biden's experience as Wilson's VP fighting the Spanish Flu.)
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To: Jamestown1630

Yes, they should wear helmets.


77 posted on 06/06/2020 4:46:12 PM PDT by CalWildcat
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

Another member of the deep state


78 posted on 06/06/2020 4:49:03 PM PDT by rcofdayton
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To: mass55th
Les Aspin.

Absolutely! What I could write in paragraphs,one name sums it up. To bad so many are idiots to not know the reference. Before someone wants to bust my nuts about apples and oranges,MP units were sent to Somalia with asinine rules of engagement and zero support aka sitting ducks.

79 posted on 06/06/2020 4:51:29 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: CalWildcat

Kids aren’t supposed to ride bicycles without helmets these days. Surely, they should be standard for riot control.

The rioters will know that the Guardsmen are unarmed and helmet-less and will throw things at them. Seems pretty obvious.


80 posted on 06/06/2020 4:52:55 PM PDT by Stingray51
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