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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
Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Friday ordered National Guard troops in Washington, DC, to disarm and wear soft caps instead of helmets, an official told Breitbart News on Friday afternoon.
The official said the president told Attorney General Bill Barr that he wanted the National Guard to be armed so that they could protect themselves from rioters and looters coming in to the city, but Esper on his own told the D.C. National Guard leadership to take the weapons of National Guardsmen who were coming in from other states.
“He’s not really on board with what the president is trying to do,” the official said.
The official said Esper also on his own directed the National Guard in D.C. to wear soft caps instead of helmets. Breitbart News queried the Pentagon chief spokesman Jonathan Hoffman on Friday afternoon, but he did not respond by deadline.
Photos on social media showed National Guardsmen in D.C. wearing soft caps:
![](https://i.imgur.com/S9kbWU9.png)
[ransomnote: Twitter link]
The National Guard said in response to a query, “Guardsmen supporting the civil disturbance are unarmed.”
The move comes a day before there are expected to be hundreds of thousands of protesters taking part in demonstrations in Washington, DC, on Saturday.
Protests in recent days have been largely peaceful, but the president had fully-activated the National Guard in D.C. and requested help from other states after several days of looting, defacing national monuments, and the burnin of a historic church just one block away from the White House. Dozens of Secret Service agents were also injured. Violence was also engulfing other major cities across the nation.
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KEYWORDS: billbarr; districtofcolumbia; esper; jonathanhoffman; markesper; murielbowser; nationalguard; newjersey; ohio; qhats; quehts; sessionshats; trustthehats; washdcriots
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To: libh8er
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posted on
06/06/2020 3:49:20 PM PDT
by
gcparent
(Justice Brett Kavanaugh)
To: ransomnote
Espy’s petard is starting to show..
42
posted on
06/06/2020 3:49:53 PM PDT
by
smvoice
(I WILL NOT WEAR THE RIBBON.)
To: ransomnote
"...directed the National Guard in D.C. to wear soft caps instead of helmets.."
43
posted on
06/06/2020 3:50:39 PM PDT
by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
To: gcparent
Us meaning voters, not Freepers.
44
posted on
06/06/2020 3:52:24 PM PDT
by
libh8er
To: PghBaldy
Can’t the president appoint an ACTING defense secretary without Senate confirmation?
45
posted on
06/06/2020 3:53:33 PM PDT
by
july4thfreedomfoundation
(Wipe ANTIFA off the face of the Earth. Indict Soros, too...their sugar daddy.)
To: Howie66
Esper is just one more pussy in the Pentagon!
To: ransomnote
That’s what obama did with troops!
My lord... just curl up and surrender!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fire him.. he is useless... the word DEFENSE in his title means nothing!
To: libh8er
Esper is daring Trump to fire him. Which means he is completely in on the coup now. No doubt. Trump will deal with it in his timetable.
48
posted on
06/06/2020 3:57:19 PM PDT
by
timestax
To: ransomnote
The VA disability claims will through the roof with this.
To: ransomnote
You either want soldiers or you don’t want soldiers. If you don’t want them, don’t call them. Let them stay in their home towns to shoot looters at their local businesses (on their own time, as a public service) if they aren’t going to do their job in DC.
50
posted on
06/06/2020 3:58:14 PM PDT
by
Pollster1
("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
To: libh8er
51
posted on
06/06/2020 3:58:29 PM PDT
by
timestax
To: alstewartfan
Sorry to say, Trump often seems to be the first to blink, after first blustering about a person or issue.Name some blinks?
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posted on
06/06/2020 3:58:39 PM PDT
by
USS Alaska
(NUKE THE MOOSELIMB, TERRORISTS, NOW!)
To: ransomnote
To: MagUSNRET
Soon to be one less, I hope.
54
posted on
06/06/2020 4:00:57 PM PDT
by
Howie66
("...Against All Enemies, Foreign and Democrat.....")
To: ransomnote
Trump letting Esper giving Esper enough rope to hang himself.
To: hawkaw
Why does Trump hire these people
Because hes in over his head.
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posted on
06/06/2020 4:01:59 PM PDT
by
Jim Noble
(Think like youÂ’re right, listen like youÂ’re wrong)
To: july4thfreedomfoundation
MI>Esper should be fired and then shot for treason.
Oh please. Go back down in your Mom's basement.
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posted on
06/06/2020 4:02:19 PM PDT
by
Fury
(.)
To: ransomnote
58
posted on
06/06/2020 4:02:34 PM PDT
by
nutmeg
(Mega prayers for Rush Limbaugh)
To: Jim Noble
No, because Mitch wont give him the people he wants.
You are in over your head, even among us, here, little one.
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posted on
06/06/2020 4:03:13 PM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: alstewartfan
Sorry to say, Trump often seems to be the first to blink, after first blustering about a person or issue.
How is POTUS to get a new SecDef without the support of his own party? The GOP Senate is currently blocking two of his national security nominees during a National Emergency. You’re quick to criticize and micro manage President Trump but silent on the GOP’s participation in this ongoing coup. Why?
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posted on
06/06/2020 4:03:22 PM PDT
by
lodi90
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