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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It's easy for me at 71 to comment on physical force against the commies while sitting in my chair. The last thing I want to see is a shooting war in DC. Know that the BLM and some Antifa commies will come armed. Be prudent in your actions, but defend yourself.
Also, know the streets from where you left your vehicle. If you have to return fire, exit quickly. Do your best damage, but don't be a hero. Live to fight another day. If such an engagement were to occur, you can bet LE will be looking at street videos for who to prosecute. Also, don't broadcast your involvement.
I like this one better.
“Probably from a movie I missed “
I THINK it’s from a dopey movie DH watches about once a week. The redhead is waiting for the tsunami to gobble her up.
Definitely precious.
>> I have never get the picture of the redhead. Probably from a movie I missed or is about the impending storm?<<
It’s from a movie called “Take Shelter”, about a guy having premonitions about a disaster
The end scene from which the gif was taken:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_LWivXz6YM
The IMPORTANT Question is will PFC Forrest Gump USA (Ret) be there to speak to the Masses ?
No slight on you Papa Bear
And when I mentioned that we should call in the guard under ML
The shirts hit the fan..
We should have done this earlier by every Red state.... The Governor of each state is legally able to do this.
Oh nooossss
Well the Dems will be doing it, and more..
Warfare sux when you fight as gentlemen. The insurgents are terrorists, Not bloody gentlemen.
“She’s trying desperately to knock down the crowd size. It won’t work.”
A lot of convoys have left for DC already from the west coast.
This to protect the BLM and Antifa from Trumps real Americans I am sure she and the rest of the Dem organizers like Obama have already put out the word for their followers to get in their faces. Disgusting, she also closed hotels, bars and restaurants to make it as difficult as possible for Trump supporters.
If you're talking about the March for Justice (Clinton Impeachment) back in 1998, I was there also. The Park Police complimented us on how well we behaved and cleaned up the grounds. I know this for fact because I was the MFJ Coordinator and dealt with those Cops a number of times during and after event. I even saw a smile or two from the Park Police.
Yes, conservatives have principles and solid values and conduct themselves accordingly.
Yes sir. You can bet they have been setting up for this for a long time. They know there game and figure this is the last round up. From here is the swearing in. So they will blow up everything they can in the next 2 days. Suddenly Trump made a bad phone call again and is calling his people out for violence, but they were able to break it up and going to prosecute Trump for yet another phone call that will amount to nothing. They plan on throwing 1 or 2 people under the bus for quiet charges for attempted voter fraud. They will never admit to anything...
Thank you.
Got it.
Yes, 1998. I actually got to meet Drudge back then (didn’t know who he was till after the event). I also took a large family (10 kids)who were protesting abortion to dinner. That was a hit on my card.
You’re not kidding about two busloads of BLM in front of the polling place????DOCUMENT IT. Record it!! Obviously they and the MSM will conspire to make it look like a noble attempt on their part to keep the voting “clean”-—of course, not intimidation. Expect them to provoke, way beyond their mere presence. PLEASE document it ASAP even in today’s form,and post it to FR.
that’s already been done. I’m a little concerned since our parking space is one building inside the cordoned area.
Good for you, sir. It was a glorious day for conservative folks from all over the country who joined in unison to protest Clinton's crap. It was entirely Free Republic promoted and organized from a simple statement that Jim Robinson was going to DC protest Clinton. Five of us ask him if we could organize something bigger - the rest is history.
You may still order a video tape from C-Span that covered the entire event. But then who has a VHS player? CNN was also there, but apparently lost interest and left. There was no Fox News then.
Lots of other event/gatherings happened after that, but FR is no longer involved in street activism. However, as Congressman Bob Barr said, we made a difference in the Clinton Impeachment process. Job well done by all the volunteers!
I was scrolling to see if anyone else noticed that.
The funny thing about that is I had no idea who or what Free Republic was.
I was there doing my retirement paperwork from 22 years in the US Army, I was part of the NCR. Went to visit the Smithsonian while in town, saw a bunch of people standing around protesting, and went to watch. No idea what was going on. Still didn’t know about Free Republic, started reading it but didn’t join till Iraq war.
June 2020...Mayor Bow-Wowser on President Trump’s use of the military: “We saw the American military moved around like toy soldiers around the country to intimidate Americans in Washington, D.C.”
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