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Hundreds of National Guard troops mobilized to protect DC monuments amid protests
Fox News ^ | 6-24--20 | By Ronn Blitzer, Lucas Tomlinson

Posted on 06/24/2020 9:10:36 AM PDT by tapatio

Hundreds of troops with the Washington, D.C., National Guard have mobilized to protect monuments in the nation's capital, a senior U.S. defense official told Fox News on Wednesday.

Interior Secretary David Bernhardt requested the action earlier this week, as protesters target statues and other historical markers during ongoing demonstrations in the wake of George Floyd's police custody death in Minneapolis at the end of May.

TRUMP ISSUES WARNING AMID VANDALISM, EFFORT TO TOPPLE ANDREW JACKSON STATUE

Protesters on Monday attempted to tear down a statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square by the White House, and defaced it with the phrase "killer scum," Reuters reported. Berhardt said afterward that he visited Lafayette Square and witnessed the destruction. He said the country “will not bow to anarchists," and that "law and order will prevail, and justice will be served.”

The Lincoln Memorial and WWII Memorial were also defaced in earlier protests.

During a protest on Tuesday that took place in front of D.C. Emancipation Memorial, one demonstrator announced that on Thursday they would tear down the memorial's statue of Abraham Lincoln standing over a freed slave.

President Trump warned Tuesday morning that anyone caught vandalizing monuments or any other federal property would be subject to arrest and face up to 10 years in prison under federal law.

D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, meanwhile, announced a more formal measure against the Emancipation Memorial, stating that she will introduce a bill calling for the statue to be removed from its home in Lincoln Park and placed in a museum.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: abrahamlincoln; andrewjackson; civilunrest; districtofcolumbia; riots; statues
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1 posted on 06/24/2020 9:10:36 AM PDT by tapatio
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To: tapatio

Why is this a problem? I’m sure it is illegal to vandalize those monuments. Just arrest them.


2 posted on 06/24/2020 9:13:36 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (Freedom.....where is she?)
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To: tapatio

Funny - given all the reporting and “getting people the truth” you’d think we’d have lots of camera crews showing the destruction of DC.

But... we’re not and this live seems like an overreaction.

We need more citizen reporting out there with cellphones - and maybe this is why BLM is attacking anybody doing videoing.


3 posted on 06/24/2020 9:14:22 AM PDT by Skywise
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To: Skywise

There has to be thousands of cameras in DC so why not arrest these turds . Year in prison and 10,000 dollar fine for the first offense


4 posted on 06/24/2020 9:18:09 AM PDT by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: 4yearlurker

I’d be fine with using the FDR memorial as an open air latrine.


5 posted on 06/24/2020 9:19:01 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: tapatio

Time to go all NIKA RIOT on their a$$.


6 posted on 06/24/2020 9:20:05 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Rurudyne

Shut up.
Such comments are not helpful.


7 posted on 06/24/2020 9:20:36 AM PDT by mumblypeg
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To: tapatio

bookmark


8 posted on 06/24/2020 9:23:28 AM PDT by GOP Poet
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To: tapatio
President Trump is missing a golden opportunity to educate people about the demonicRAT roots of slavery and racism.

By protecting the monuments, which I'm fine with, he's tying himself and the Republican Party to racism in the minds of uneducated and undereducated people (thank you government run schools).

He should be defending them on the grounds that they serve as lessons as to what kind of rotten people demonicRATS were. And are.

Promote law and order, yes. But take the opportunity to educate.

He did some of that at his rally in Tulsa but he let demonicRATS off easy.

They're trying to tie you to racism, Mr. President. Turn the tables on them.

Commence flaming in three.....two.....one......go.

9 posted on 06/24/2020 9:24:04 AM PDT by Texas Eagle
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To: 4yearlurker

Why is this a problem? I’m sure it is illegal to vandalize those monuments. Just arrest them.

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Vandalizing statues goes hand in hand with setting up an autonomous zone. And Trump has already made it clear that won’t happen:

“There will never be an ‘Autonomous Zone’ in Washington, D.C., as long as I’m your President,” Trump tweeted. “If they try they will be met with serious force!”


10 posted on 06/24/2020 9:24:39 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Click my screen name for an analysis on how HIllary wins next November.)
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To: mumblypeg

FDR betrayed the nation, his oath of office and kicked the Constitution to the curb.

Having an open air latrine dedicated to his name is better than he deserves.


11 posted on 06/24/2020 9:28:36 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: manc

It’s not a matter of IDing the criminals - the press is intentionally not showing the devastation and violence which would turn opinion against BLM and expose them for the thugs they are.

BTW - note CHAZ is still up and running even though the mayor said she would shut it down. More lies and kabuki theater to change the narrative.


12 posted on 06/24/2020 9:32:17 AM PDT by Skywise
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To: Rurudyne

To: 4yearlurker
I’d be fine with using the FDR memorial as an open air latrine.
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Pardon me, but I really don’t understand your comment....at all?


13 posted on 06/24/2020 9:33:01 AM PDT by V V Camp Enari 67-68 (Viet Vet)
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To: tapatio

I hope they figure out how to topple the Washington Monument and get all smushed.


14 posted on 06/24/2020 9:35:29 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: tapatio

Why doesn’t BLM pay to put up their own monuments?


15 posted on 06/24/2020 9:35:35 AM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.for corruptiion)
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To: manc

You can watch live streaming online and see what they are doing. It is disgusting.


16 posted on 06/24/2020 9:37:55 AM PDT by tapatio (In memory of my Dad 5-27-26 2-4-2010 and Mom 4-20-26 12-8-2012)
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To: Skywise

I notice the lenin statues are not touched


17 posted on 06/24/2020 9:37:56 AM PDT by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: mumblypeg

Somebody die and leave you in charge?


18 posted on 06/24/2020 9:38:11 AM PDT by skepsel (I miss William F. Buckley and the old Firing Line)
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To: manc
There has to be thousands of cameras in DC so why not arrest these turds .

Because Shadow President Dr. Anthony Fauci has given everyone permission to wear masks in public. Funny how that worked out.


19 posted on 06/24/2020 9:38:34 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: V V Camp Enari 67-68

FDR was a contemptible oath breaking man.

He deserves contempt, however it may occur.

What’s not to understand?


20 posted on 06/24/2020 9:39:22 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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