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Urging calm, DC mayor calls in National Guard for protests
AP via wistv.com ^ | 1/4/2021 | AP

Posted on 01/04/2021 11:25:37 AM PST by PapaBear3625

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington, D.C.’s mayor urged calm Monday as some 340 National Guard troops were being activated while the city prepared for potentially violent protests surrounding Congress’ expected vote to affirm President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.

According to a U.S. defense official, Mayor Muriel Bowser put in a request on New Year’s Eve to have Guard members on the streets from Jan. 5-7th, to help with the protests. The official said the D.C. National Guard members will be used for traffic control and other assistance but they will not be armed or wearing body armor. Congress is meeting this week to certify the Electoral College results, and President Donald Trump has refused to concede while whipping up support for protests.

During a press conference on Monday, Bowser asked that people stay away from downtown D.C., and avoid confrontations with anyone who is “looking for a fight.” But, she warned, “we will not allow people to incite violence, intimidate our residents or cause destruction in our city.”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: dc; nationalguard
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I'm expecting Ms Mayor to be somewhat less welcoming of pro-Trumpers, than she was of BLM demonstrations
1 posted on 01/04/2021 11:25:37 AM PST by PapaBear3625
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To: PapaBear3625
Hah! No bias there.
I expect much more violence if Trump wins.

2 posted on 01/04/2021 11:28:25 AM PST by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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Didn’t seem to bother her when the Dems were destroying the church etc etc


3 posted on 01/04/2021 11:29:05 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: PapaBear3625

Yet, she let BLM try and burn the place down.
Just another black rabid female tyrant....a post turtle.
They need to go...all of em.


4 posted on 01/04/2021 11:29:07 AM PST by lgjhn23 (Libs are a virus.....the DemoVirus!!)
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To: PapaBear3625

That just tipped it right there.

Loot the city? Fine!

Address the criminality in your government, call in the
National Guard.

Months of riots, property destruction, desires to rush the
White House, a-okay.

Standing on the mall ground where groups are supposed to
stand legally, now there’s a clear threat.

These people are warped beyond belief.


5 posted on 01/04/2021 11:29:13 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Buzzards circling over six states. Leftists looking more like dead game every day.)
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To: PapaBear3625

Bowser (between sobs): “I’ve been told, that, that, there are, De,De, Deplorables coming. I’ve ordered shoot to kill on sight from law enforcement.”


6 posted on 01/04/2021 11:29:23 AM PST by frank ballenger (End vote fraud harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: PapaBear3625

Now they want the help of military. Hmmm. Have heard that antifa will be dressing as MAGA, they will incite violence and the cops will say it’s not peaceful and will try to break it up and military help break up the people.


7 posted on 01/04/2021 11:29:32 AM PST by glimmerman70
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To: PapaBear3625

Look for the DC cops to protect Antifa/BLM and attack Trump Patriots. React accordingly...


8 posted on 01/04/2021 11:29:44 AM PST by myerson (The coup is fully out in the open)
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To: Sacajaweau

Bowser wants the NG to confiscate firearms.

Unarmed.


9 posted on 01/04/2021 11:30:02 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds. )
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To: PapaBear3625

There’s probably more than 340.


10 posted on 01/04/2021 11:30:14 AM PST by Bayard
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Hahahahahahahahaha!


11 posted on 01/04/2021 11:30:52 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: BitWielder1

Trump can always nationalize the DC National Guard, and assume command over them. He has that power.


12 posted on 01/04/2021 11:31:57 AM PST by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it.")
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...they will not be armed or wearing body armor.

Gee, will they get their Blue Helmets? (a la the UN - "I am a Target")

13 posted on 01/04/2021 11:32:13 AM PST by BwanaNdege ( Experience is the best teacher, but if you can accept it 2nd hand, the tuition is less!)
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To: PapaBear3625

The Democrat thieves aren’t going to give up their loot or crime syndicate without a fight.


14 posted on 01/04/2021 11:32:21 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: BitWielder1

The leftists protesting are mostly unemployed kids with a skate board and nothing to lose. The trump people are adults. Adults with nothing to lose, plenty of guns, and a serious grievance are much more serious - and dangerous.

And well they should be.


15 posted on 01/04/2021 11:32:24 AM PST by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: glimmerman70

Like putting lipstick on a pig, you can put a MAGA hat on an antifa and still see the true biotch underneath.


16 posted on 01/04/2021 11:33:50 AM PST by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: PapaBear3625

t this point it’s undeniable that there’s two systems of law in our great nation and this cannot stand.


17 posted on 01/04/2021 11:34:13 AM PST by Skywise
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To: PapaBear3625

She/it who painted BLM on a city street, thus destroying the traffic control markings, is afraid of Trumpers and will probably do something stupid. After all, she/it is in a situation WELL beyond its competence and it’s unpredictable how she/it will act.


18 posted on 01/04/2021 11:34:34 AM PST by I want the USA back (I fear my government much much much much much much much much much much more than a virus from china.)
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To: PapaBear3625

Typical misleading AP headline. The mayor of DC has no power to “call in the National Guard”. Only the president (as the DC Guard’s commander-in-chief) can do that. The mayor can only make a request

But, hey. The headline sure makes it look like the mayor is expecting lotsa trouble from those Deplorables.


19 posted on 01/04/2021 11:34:36 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: PapaBear3625

Queen Koopa.


20 posted on 01/04/2021 11:35:11 AM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("All men and women were created by the, you know, you know, the thing." -- Joe Biden 3/3/20)
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