Chatter is that the pols are concerned about possible mutiny.
They sure seem to be loading up for that... but...
Thing is, if the military was really gonna get it on with a coup and all that, the only thing the NG troops would do is be a source of casualties. The army could simply MLRS, Howitzer, or HIMAARS the area from 25 miles away until you get hamburger and rubble... the Air Force would not even work up a sweat clearing the place of anything living... and the Navy would have their choice of air, artillery, and even a few Marines if you wanted to be thorough after you pasted DC with a few thousand tons of munitions.
If the powers that be are thinking that the 25,000 NG troops would protect them in the event of a military mutiny, than it is as human shields — IOW, “those brutes may want to string us up, but the won’t kill 25,000 of their fellow brutes to do it...”
So you have the armed forces versus the FBI and national guard? What an odd odd scenario.
Why are so many States sending their NG troops to the capitol for all this? Have the governor’s been briefed about the possible threat(s) or were they just being told that they expect riots?
Chatter is that the pols are concerned about possible mutiny.”””
The deepstate likely mutinied against Trump regarding all of those investigations that never even got started. I’d expeCT mutiny in the ranks really only if the powers that be go over the top on what they order tham to do but I expect a healthy percentage of people not re-enlisting or even joining in the first place.