[ransomnote]

Mark Esper, doing his part to disarm the National Guard before the lefty protesters arrive to surround the White House.

[Howie66]

The UCMJ also applies to you Mr. Esper.

[Secret Agent Man]

this is insubordination of the lawful commander in chief

fireable offense

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

Esper should be fired and then shot for treason.

What a POS!

[Jamestown1630]

What? What possible purpose is there for them to wear ‘soft helmets’ unless you WANT them to appear more vulnerable?

This is insanity. Idiots on the streets have been throwing all sorts of things at these men.

[Dacula]

Don’t worry nothing will happen to him.

[originalbuckeye]

I have read that Esper should resign before going against the CIC. Why is Esper still there?

As Tucker put it, when describing the Police officers kneeling before the BLM crowd, ‘well, I guess we know who is really in charge’. Trump shouldn’t accept being overridden by Esper. I hope the National Guard is safe, but you never know when Leftist terrorists/agitators are around.

[mass55th]

Les Aspin.

[metmom]

Great way to turn all the NG soldiers against dems and liberals, to demand that they put their lives at risk with no way to protect or defend themselves.

[sitetest]

If all hell breaks loose, there should be a ready lamppost for this turd.

[tennmountainman]

If any of our NG are killed or badly injured, Trump must fire Esper.

[PghBaldy]

Esper probably realizes Trump would not be able to get a good Secretary of Defense through, given the rotten, spineless Senate we have.

[cranked]

“You’re fired!”

When?

[Lurker]

Fire him, Mr. President.

L

[ought-six]

Fire this asshat, and I mean YESTERDAY!

[MinuteGal]

My God !....they're throwing and dropping bricks, stones, paving tiles, etc. at and on the heads of military and civilian defenders alike....WHAT'S GOING ON HERE ???

Leni

[libh8er]

Esper is daring Trump to fire him. Which means he is completely in on the coup now. Trump should fire his ass regardless. Another piece of garbage deep state operative. I can’t imagine what it must be like for Trump to govern with all these forces aligned against him. But he is a strong leader and we are with him and that’s all he needs.

[EnquiringMind]

I certainly hope he was referring to wearing soft, red MAGA hats!!

[Spirochete]

WTH? Has the DS pulled off a successful military coup?

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

In the late 1960’s I was in the Army. We trained for riot control. We were equipped with M14’s and bayonets. We wore helmet liners. If we were going to be deployed, we were going to be allotted a total of four rounds each. There were seven levels or escalation, It was the seventh where we would be ordered to shoot. Otherwise, we trained like Romans moving in formations with fixed bayonets pointed forward. We would not have done well with bricks and Molotov cocktails thrown against us unless we fired live rounds. We would have been better off equipped with short swords and shields. with real helmets.

[marktwain]

*If* this is true, Esper should be relieved of his command.

Big *If*.