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Posted on 06/07/2025 7:49:20 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced late Saturday night that in addition to the National Guardsmen — who were being deployed to restore order in Los Angeles — he was placing active duty U.S. Marines at nearby Camp Pendleton on high alert.
Hegseth’s announcement, made via a post on X, came just hours after it was reported that President Donald Trump was invoking the Insurrection Act of 1807 in order to deploy a number of National Guard troops as protesters clashed violently with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents across the Los Angeles area.
“The violent mob assaults on ICE and Federal Law Enforcement are designed to prevent the removal of Criminal Illegal Aliens from our soil; a dangerous invasion facilitated by criminal cartels (aka Foreign Terrorist Organizations) and a huge NATIONAL SECURITY RISK. Under President Trump, violence & destruction against federal agents & federal facilities will NOT be tolerated. It’s COMMON SENSE,” Hegseth said.
“The @DeptofDefense is mobilizing the National Guard IMMEDIATELY to support federal law enforcement in Los Angeles. And, if violence continues, active duty Marines at Camp Pendleton will also be mobilized — they are on high alert,” he added.
Under normal circumstances, the Posse Comitatus Act prevents the federal government from deploying the military for law enforcement purposes within the United States’ borders, but the Insurrection Act — actually a combination of several statutes enacted between 1792 and 1871 — stands as the one major exception to that.
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Well, that escalated rapidly.
Don’t do it Pete. It’s like ordering them to take the shot.
This is the way. Gird your loins!
I hope the arrests disclose who’s paying for these rioters.
Governor Abbott could send one Texas Ranger to help - it is only one riot, after all.
What choice is there, pray tell? If Bondi has been strong enough we would not be here.
“Don’t do it Pete. It’s like ordering them to take the shot.”
Yep, it is so much better to surrender and allow the rioting to continue. And standing up for what’s right is so crude and old-fashioned.
And PA Governor Shapiro could send one “Statie”...we coined that phrase before you guys!
Round em up and ship em out.
This would make sense if there were no totally reliable National Guard units nearby. That was the case when Eisenhower sent the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock in 1957.
But is it the case today?
I am not pleased it has come to this.
But it’s been coming for awhile, years really.
If a civil war is to start, well today is as good a day as any.
I guess we’ll get to see what a real insurrection looks like, unlike the January 6 style event.
“Don’t do it Pete. It’s like ordering them to take the shot.”
I’m not seeing the problem.
L
He has zero crisis management skills.
It'll be difficult to defend his track record when he's going to run for President.
Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
[I am not pleased it has come to this.]
All according to the Democrat Insurrectionist Plan.
Step aside.
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