Posted on 01/14/2021 7:21:19 AM PST by Candor7
General David H. Berger, Commandant of the United States Marine Corps., refused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s request to use the Corps. to safeguard Biden’s Jan. 20 inauguration from Trump supporters and insurrectionists.
A Pentagon source speaking under promise of anonymity told Real Raw News that Pelosicontacted Gen. Berger late Monday night, and she beseeched him to commit 5,000 troops to help ensure a peaceful transition of power and to prevent a repeat of the Jan 6 siege of the Capitol. Gen. Berger, our source said, didn’t understand why Pelosi needed additional soldiers to augment an already impressive force assembled by federal and state officials. That force includes 15,000 National Guard from D.C., Delaware, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, and an undisclosed number of FBI and DHS agents who arrived in D.C. Sunday night.
Pelosi said she wanted “battle ready” reinforcements because “radicalized Trump supporters and kooky Qanon conspiracy people” were about to converge on D.C. She implored him to reconsider, arguing that it was the general’s patriotic duty to quell uprisings and guarantee Biden’s ascension to the Oval Office.
Her statement made the general explode, our source said.
“Don’t lecture me on patriotism, Madam Speaker. I’ve served this country with distinction for 40 years. I’ve spilled blood for our nation. What have you, a self-serving elected official, done for your country?” Gen. Berger said.
Pelosi further enraged him by saying he was answerable to Congress.
“I answer only to the president, and as I understand it, Donald J. Trump is still president and commander-in-chief. I abide in the Constitution as it was written, not your interpretation of it,” Gen. Berger admonished Pelosi.
Quoting our source, “When her intimidation tactic failed to sway Gen. Berger, Pelosi tried a different tactic: Begging and flattery.”
Pelosi claimed that the National Guard’s “weekend warriors” were ill-prepared to repel an army of “mad Trumpists.” Battle-hardened marines, however, were more capable of defeating “rabble rousers,” she said. “You have the best trained soldiers in the world, and America needs them.”
Gen. Berger was unmoved. The only way Marines would be deployed, he told her, was if President Trump himself issued that order.
“If you want us to help combat his supporters, I suggest you get him on the phone and tell him that. If he orders me to, I will. Otherwise, I suggest you listen really hard to the words escaping your cracked, poisonous lips; they’re tantamount to treason,” Gen. Berger allegedly told her.
This never happened. It’s pure fiction
Sure he did, right after he arrested 10 000 pedophiles and sent them to Guantanomo.
No serving general officer - not even a Marine - maybe ESPECIALLY not a Marine - would ever say such a thing to the Speaker of the House.
Nice story, but I doubt any of the star wearing politicians in the Pentagon would ever speak to the person controlling their budget in this manner. It had a slight veneer of believability until the ‘cracked poisonous lips’ riff... nice bit of hyperbole their but nobody ever speaks to another human like that.
Until noon the Commander-In-Chief is Trump.
*************
He was CIC in name only. In actuality both the military and the bureaucracy resisted Trump at times because they disagreed with his desire to extricate us from endless wars and roll back regulations and red tape in the government.
I think we will learn some shocking things about the power structure in Washington during the Trump years.
This entire “Conversation” between David Berger and Nancy is so completely absurd that I actually had to check if it was from the Babylon Bee.
Had Nancy called Burger; all she would have heard is “Yes Madam Speaker” and the most gracious explanation why he could not, at this moment, deploy forces!
Burger would not raise his voice to the “Madam Speaker” if she had a flame weapon pointed at him! This entire article is crazy and absurd!
“I don’t believe this. I want to believe this, but I don’t.”
Yup. My reaction as well.
Who could possibly have the transcript of the phone call?
No one. This is fake news.
An anonymous source ? No thanks.
.
He would say “soldiers” if he was referring to ALL the military.
He would say “soldiers” if he was referring to ALL the military.
No, he wouldn't.
And he was talking about Marines.
Read it again, it was Pelosi who used the word “soldiers” and it was the person reporting it who also used the word “soldiers.”
I’ve often said this: If I wanted to be a soldier, I would have gotten off the bus at Ft. Jackson, rather than riding it all the way to Parris Island.
Read the thread and get back to me.
Nope. How the general reputedly spoke to the mobster sure sounds preposterous. BUT! In the spirit of the eneMedia and its reliance on anonymous and unsupported so-called sources, I’m fully accepting this as accurate and SHOCKING!!
This reads like a Carolyn Keene novel
If it did happen this way in a different form, I would not be at all surprised
From the videos I’ve seen, there are Guard troops all over the halls, laying down, playing cards, etc. They going to be staying in there till Jan 21? Bathrooms are going to get pretty stinky........
I believe it. Pelosi use to do that to the Air Force all the time. She would abuse Air Force transport all the time. It was her personal Air Line.
I can see her trying to order the Marine Corp around.
“Pelosi claimed that the National Guard’s “weekend warriors” were ill-prepared to repel an army of “mad Trumpists.” “
Wow she just insulted a lot of National Guard members. Since when were the Democrats for deploying federal force to combat civilians. Is that legal?
D.C. is the last place I plan to be on January 20th, 2021. They are fueling fear and loathing throughout the Population.
All those Troops occupying the Streets and the Halls of Congress are only there to protect the Elitist Politicians from an imaginary threat resulting from the success of the Propaganda Ministry.
I refuse to commemorate the end of the Republic in that Sewer full of Traitors.
It’s amazing what a couple of hundred of Idiots who made the decision to break into the Capitol Building have managed to accomplish for the Leftists. They now have Carte Blanche to spread their Hatred and Tyranny throughout our beloved Country without any negative consequences.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.