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DEFCON 1: Liberals Are Having A Total Meltdown Over Tanks Being Present
Townhall.com ^ | July 3, 2019 | Matt Vespa

Posted on 07/03/2019 12:17:55 PM PDT by Kaslin

Right now, we have a near Chernobyl-level style blow up over tanks and armored vehicles being part of the Fourth of July festivities this week. President Trump ordered it. It was a great decision. And the fact that the Left is triggered by this means that he should have ordered more tanks for the event. Tanks have been present for victory parades before. The optics is fine. No one cares about that. Americans are patriotic and they like seeing tanks. The only people who have problems with all of this are the Democratic Party and their allies in the media because Trump has taken over the event. He can do that. He should do that. And the Left just needs to shut their face over this.

Tanks on display for President Trump's July 4th event. pic.twitter.com/PvA4e5kKZD— The Hill (@thehill) July 3, 2019

If a Democrat took over this event and put tanks on display, there would be no criticism. After the Democratic debates, I don’t want to hear lectures from Democrats about patriotism. They care more about illegal aliens than citizens. That was made explicitly clear. 

This is profoundly disturbing. https://t.co/vIw5fWRNVG— Robert Reich (@RBReich) July 2, 2019

Yep. That’s a TANK crossing the Potomac River for the first time in...well...ever??? #4thofjuly2019 #SaluteToAmerica ?@wusa9? pic.twitter.com/IQB6wYAkNA— Eric Flack (@EricFlackTV) July 3, 2019

The resemblance to days before Tiananmen Square is chilling. https://t.co/cFJJZzL4F7— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) July 2, 2019

Tanks on the mall. Concentration camps. Man, it’s like FDR is president all over again.— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) July 3, 2019

Not at all the first time. We had several for the Desert Storm victory parade. pic.twitter.com/5c42E2lXtK— Fred Wellman (@FPWellman) July 3, 2019

#Kennedy was not against featuring some armored firepower either. These are some tracked-mounted missiles - including the Pershing, the Nike Hercules and the Nike Zeus - at JFK’s 1961 inaugural parade. #tankfest2019 #Tank #ParadeGate pic.twitter.com/fJNVtjOgD0— Mike Glenn (@mrglenn) July 3, 2019

And now, we have the endless hot takes, like how the presence of tanks is like…Tiananmen Square. Or how the event is more akin to what we see in banana republics. Yeah, that was The Washington Post’s editorial board’s view on this whole non-issue:

It was bad enough that Mr. Trump sought to make the holiday about himself with plans to deliver a nationally televised address from the Lincoln Memorial, thus eliminating what many consider the hands-down best spot in Washington for fellowship and fireworks on the Fourth of July. But Mr. Trump now plans to cordon off an area in front of the memorial reserved just for dignitaries, family and friends. Nothing about reserved seating says “We the people.”

Equally, if not more troubling, is his insistence on a display of military might that will include a flyover of warplanes and the stationing of tanks or other armored military vehicles on the streets of the capital. What this will cost the Defense Department and the National Parks Service is anyone’s guess. (Officials have refused comment.) But the question of expense pales in comparison with the message that will be sent by a gaudy display of military hardware that is more in keeping with a banana republic than the world’s oldest democracy

Well, for starters, Obama always made everything about himself. He campaigned endlessly without being criticized. We’re not a banana republic. We’re not the oldest democracy. We’re also not a democracy, but a representative republic. And it’s a tank. Get over it. What do these morons think is going to happen? A coup? This is why no one trusts the media. It’s overreactions to this, among many other things they do poorly. They’ve shown they cannot cover this White House properly and this was a guaranteed move that would trigger the Left. Again, elections have consequences. We won. You lost. This isn’t Tiananmen either. Just shut up, watch the tanks, the fireworks, and enjoy the Fourth, liberal media if you can, you horrible excuses for human beings.

I couldn't care less if this event has become politicized. We all need to get used to the fact that everything will be politicized sooner or later. The Left is just mad they couldn't get their dirty hands on this event first.


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The rest of the title is: At The Fourth Of July Festivities
1 posted on 07/03/2019 12:17:55 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

They are going nuts here in DC


2 posted on 07/03/2019 12:19:33 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: Kaslin
Libs love tanks!


3 posted on 07/03/2019 12:19:35 PM PDT by Carpe Cerevisi
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To: Kaslin

Maybe after this, we can deploy tanks to sanctuary cities.


4 posted on 07/03/2019 12:20:13 PM PDT by fruser1
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5 posted on 07/03/2019 12:20:30 PM PDT by Carpe Cerevisi
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To: Kaslin

I wonder if DC business owners wanted that ...the don’t want to pay for the wholesale damages these liberal morons are planning.


6 posted on 07/03/2019 12:21:05 PM PDT by SMARTY ("Nobility is defined by the demands it makes on us - by obligations, not by rights".)
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To: Carpe Cerevisi

That was one brave man.


7 posted on 07/03/2019 12:21:35 PM PDT by EEGator
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Don’t they always have meltdowns?


8 posted on 07/03/2019 12:21:58 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Just point the tanks south and get on with the business of declaring independence from illegals.


9 posted on 07/03/2019 12:22:15 PM PDT by bgill
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To: KC_Conspirator

America’s own Tiananmen Square moment. All that will be missing is a lone person approaching the lead tank in a face-off.

Whatever happened to that fellow, anyway? Was he run over, or simply dragged away?


10 posted on 07/03/2019 12:23:51 PM PDT by alloysteel (The difference between real life and fiction? Fiction has to make sense and follow some logic.)
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To: Kaslin

Bring on the tanks!


11 posted on 07/03/2019 12:24:12 PM PDT by TianaHighrider (God bless our men with the bravery to be men.)
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12 posted on 07/03/2019 12:24:26 PM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: Kaslin

During the GW Bush administration they had an event on the Mall that had armored vehicles and helicopters and assorted military hardware on display, even the National Reconnaissance Office (which I hadn’t heard of until then)


13 posted on 07/03/2019 12:24:58 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Kaslin
The Left's hatred of tanks:


14 posted on 07/03/2019 12:25:35 PM PDT by MuttTheHoople
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To: Carpe Cerevisi

Libs loved tanks....at Waco, Texas.


15 posted on 07/03/2019 12:26:21 PM PDT by Texas resident (Democrats=Enemy of People of The United States of America)
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To: Kaslin

Many tanks to President Trump!


16 posted on 07/03/2019 12:28:18 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (The Electoral College is the firewall protecting us from massive blue state vote fraud.)
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To: Kaslin

Good link: https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/07/03/defcon-1-liberals-are-having-a-total-meltdown-over-tanks-being-present-at-the-fourth-of-july-festivities-n2549489


17 posted on 07/03/2019 12:28:28 PM PDT by Mr.Unique (The government, by its very nature, cannot give except what it first takes.)
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To: Kaslin

Hanoi Jane is missing.


18 posted on 07/03/2019 12:28:43 PM PDT by Mark (Celebrities... is there anything they do not know? -Homer Simpson)
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To: Kaslin
I heard on Faux News that the tanks had to be brought in by train because they would tear up the roads, and local communities were going to sue the feds for reimbursement of the damages.

Gee, M1s have been driving on roads in Germany for how many decades now?

Of course the Liberals are having a meltdown over the tanks, and don't you think President Trump knew that going in? Maybe that was the whole point from the Troller in Chief.

God, I love that President.

19 posted on 07/03/2019 12:28:49 PM PDT by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: alloysteel

I have absolutely zero doubt that some dumb-ass liberal snowflake is going to try to recreate that entire scene and step in front of the tanks. And of course the media will claim him to be a hero.


20 posted on 07/03/2019 12:30:19 PM PDT by ObozoMustGo2012
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