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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:
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[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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To: ransomnote
Hopefully, this will work out well, there will not be violence and looting, and people can lie about something else, and Trump can rightly point out how he did everything he could to diffuse the situation, including having the guard lay down arms and go with soft hats.
The idea that Esper can actually do ANYTHING without the approval of the President is a leftie pipe-dream.
To: CalWildcat
Exactly. Why put a gun in the hand of a Barney Fife guardsman and set off a real riot.
Trump outsmarted them again.....
BTW.....where are the one million protesters.
FAKE NEWS
To: ransomnote
Why not just tie their hands behind their backs and blindfold them too.
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posted on
06/06/2020 4:56:50 PM PDT
by
wolfman
To: ransomnote
Why would trump allow this? I thought Trumped loved and respected our troops. I guess not.
84
posted on
06/06/2020 4:58:15 PM PDT
by
CodeToad
(Arm Up! They Are!)
To: ransomnote
Get rid of this scumbag enemy
To: july4thfreedomfoundation
Dittos to that. This limp dick POS needs to go NOW!
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posted on
06/06/2020 4:58:52 PM PDT
by
bobby.223
(Retired up in the snowy Mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
To: CharlesWayneCT
CNN now says its thousands march across America.
The one million fizzled out in DC. A real JOKE!
To: ransomnote
This clown needs to be fired last week.
What a moron / wuss / idiot!
To: ransomnote
Is Esper hoping that members of the National Guard will get injured or killed? Or does he just want to make it easy for the looters and rioters?
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posted on
06/06/2020 5:12:26 PM PDT
by
Dante3
To: ransomnote
Esper should lead them tonight down the streets of DC. Come on, dude. You put your name to this. Time to step up. Ah, but you won’t. Big weeny knows he wouldn’t make it 100 yards.
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posted on
06/06/2020 5:16:31 PM PDT
by
bgill
(Idiots. CDC site doesn't recommend wearing a mask to protect from COVID-19)
To: Jamestown1630
It depends on what intel there might be that, it’s certainly possible, Antifa has been spotted wearing other “uniforms” and helping #FakeNews staging events like the “arrest” of CNN “reporter” Jiminez to help get the riots going (totally staged in conjunction with “State Patrol” literally acting things out) ... if Antifa & #FakeNews were already to “present” some narrative involving national guard wearing helmets and allegedly shooting BLM ... then a disaster may have been averted. IDK + TBD ;)
To: shanover
Thanks Glad you get it. Anyone who sends troops in without weapons to protect themselves with, deserves to be shot.
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posted on
06/06/2020 5:20:25 PM PDT
by
mass55th
("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
To: Fury
So, you approve of Esper putting the National Guard and White House at risk? Screw you!
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posted on
06/06/2020 5:21:17 PM PDT
by
july4thfreedomfoundation
(Wipe ANTIFA off the face of the Earth. Indict Soros, too...their sugar daddy.)
To: ransomnote
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posted on
06/06/2020 5:26:05 PM PDT
by
Nifster
(I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
To: Secret Agent Man
This is cowardice bordering on treason.
He should be put away someplace in D.C. and given the boot at first opportunity.
Good Lord I am sick of cops, troops, guardsmen and other patriots being sent out to take the lead.
Esper is scum.
To: Steven W.
If anything like that were actually the case, I think another identifying mark would be safer than ordering men to go without head protection in the midst of dangerous projectiles thrown by mobs of crazy people.
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posted on
06/06/2020 5:28:00 PM PDT
by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: Jamestown1630
This piece of crap is probably passing out vests with bullseyes on them too.
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posted on
06/06/2020 5:30:35 PM PDT
by
JayAr36
(Do you want to be a subject or a citizen.)
To: ransomnote
The official said Esper also on his own directed the National Guard in D.C. to wear soft caps instead of helmets. How about you going out on the front lines, Esper, and show us how it's done - as Antifa throw frozen water bottles, bricks, rocks and urine at you.
All knowing nothing will happen to them. Put our boys at risk?
You are a POS.
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posted on
06/06/2020 5:30:47 PM PDT
by
Bon of Babble
(In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Baby)
To: ransomnote
I hope Trump has taken steps to protect his family and maybe get them out of the country.
Looks like the military is against him.
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posted on
06/06/2020 5:33:17 PM PDT
by
redgolum
(If this culture today is civilization, I will be the barbarian)
To: Dante3
Is Esper hoping that members of the National Guard will get injured or killed? Or does he just want to make it easy for the looters and rioters?
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All of the above. Plus the Deep State wants to Falsely portray the government in a state of collapse so they can panic the public erode support for president trump. Pelosi will be shrieking (actually has been shrieking) that we need leadership that can end the rioting. And so the Deep Staters put the pedal on the gas and rev the riots, strip the military presence and then demand a “real” leader step forward.
Wonder if they want Biden, Hillary or Biden.
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posted on
06/06/2020 5:39:25 PM PDT
by
ransomnote
(IN GOD WE TRUST)
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