National Guard deploying 10,000 troops to DC
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wtop.comPosted Jan 12, 2021, 2:19 PM UTC
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wtop.comNo protests/gatherings allowed either due to state of emergency. I have a feeling the next capitol raid will probably be less successful.
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Welcome to the newest Banana Republic, where troops are required for a transition of government.
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All brought on because of the current head of state.
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In 2017 there was 8,000...
In 2013 there was over 7,000
https://dc.ng.mil/About-Us/Heritage/History/Inaugural-Heritage/
They've always been at inaugurations.
Why are so many people upset about things they never spent 2 minutes learning about?
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Ignorance and confirmation bias of their opinions. Most people like to talk out their ass just to have some sense of approval.
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To protect the peaceful transfer of power from insane people, who have already proven they’re willing to be violent.
I would call it common fucking sense.
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I actually think inauguration will go off without a hitch...after seeing what Trump and his crazies are all about. Many of his loyalists turned coat and lost double digit support amongst the American people. You also have metro PD, who has shown they aren't loyal to trump, but the law. They were doing a good job of keeping order and cracking down on the uprising, even days before the capitol was stormed.
Not to mention capitol police which I'm sure is eager to rectify what happened January 6th....and after losing one of their own is no longer sympathetic to Trump supporters. Combine that with secret service snipers and counter snipers. Plus National Guard, state police, and I'm sure millions of American loyalists who will pick up arms if they these nutbags try to attack people.
Then the insurrectionists are outnumbered, outgunned, and outmatched. DC has marshaled over 10000 Military, police, and security. Who will be determined to uphold their oaths to the constitution and peaceful transfer of power. Nothing will happen...they won't win.
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The fbi is going to track the digital footprints of every person at the rally via their cell phones, they are going to take all of their guns and the guns of anyone they find connected to these terrorists
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If they try to shoot and fight the security forces...it will be a short and decisive exchange. This is exactly why the constitution does not allow for unregulated militas, the founding fathers were worried about rouge elements hostile to the federal or state governments.
They have to be outlawed and declared rebels and enemies of the state. Because they are determined to destroy the government and rip up the constitution.
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Trump throwing them all under the bus the next day certainly didn't help. I never believed there were all that many of them willing to commit to armed conflict in the first place. Now we have proof.
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Please, stop. I can only get so erect
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There's nothing to get erect about....
Hurting Americans is the last thing anyone should want...I fucking hate that were even having these discussions. But they crossed a line...by attacking our Capitol. They have in effect declared war on America. We all should be ready to defend it...doesn't mean we should like having to hurt them though.
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Thank god you were here
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I hate this....I fucking wish they would just go home.
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Exactly. So many doomers out there right now.
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They are not unwarranted after Wednesdays events. They are justified in their fear...I encourage all free loving Americans to be ready to take up arms if these fucksticks try another uprising. I'm not calling for violence...I'm calling for organized self defense... because if in the dark scenario they succeed. Then the next logical step is that they'll come for us.
We cannot let that happen.
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Yes, fear is warranted, but the idea that these terrorists are going to win in a meaningful way, which to them would be removing Biden and keeping trump in power, is an absolute fantasy.
The military and guard will be more than enough. Average citizens should stay out of the way.
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Agreed...all I'm saying is we should be the last line. Should it come to that...it's not likely to happen. But staying vigilant is necessary with these fuckers... especially now.
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The FBI and Secret Service are concerned about multiple active shooter events. Doesn't have to be an army of MAGAs storming DC just a few dozen crazy guys with a will to shoot people.
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100% this. People are focusing way too much on the total number of people who show up. It’s the lone wolf school shooter types we’ve got to be very weary of. Didn’t take 1 million magas to storm the capital.
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I think the chances of a repeat offense are low. Trump supporters made it very clear that anyone who actually takes any action to support Trump will be disavowed as Antifa and rejected by the larger party. Branding your would-be martyrs as the enemy isn't exactly a winning strategy for currying further support for the redneck revolution.
I'm glad they're taking additional precautions all the same, mind.
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Any action to support Trump that fails. The insurrectionists are only being disavowed because they didn't win with their takeover attempt. The next batch will be equally convinced that they cannot lose.
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Truly, I think its even simpler than that. Many of those at the riot were there for social media acclaim and memes. The lulz infantry provided cover for more serious actors. Now that they have been deplatformed, and reminded that the majority of the nation will not tolerate this shit anymore (and big tech is in major CYA mode), those goofy q shaman and less serious players have no behavioral feedback loop at play.
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There's a part of me that hopes somebody tries something and gets put down unequivocally, it may be enough to send a strong message.
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Funny, I could have sworn “sending a message” by rooting for the state to kill protesters was, like, really bad.
I get you on the tries something bit, but that’s exactly what gun nuts with itchy trigger fingers always say about their driveways and neighboring houses under construction..
This is NOT support for insurrectionists. Fuck the hell out of the entire gop and q and kkkult. But we don’t want people to die. Partially because it can make a martyr out of them( unless you’re a stupid fuck and decide they weren’t one of the real supporters because YouTube t shirt seller 112342 told you so, and they’re not msm so it must be true..) but also because the fight against police brutality and unaccountability MUST go on and be a large focus. If the traitors can be stopped by “less lethal “ means, we need to use that option 1st, not just start killing people.
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I'm not rooting for it to happen, I hope the 20th passes without incident.
However, there's a large and dangerous group of radicalised people out there who aren't just going to disappear. I hope the sentences of the Capitol invaders reflects the seriousness of what they attempted and that goes some way to dissuading others, but, America being America, I don't think it necessarily will.
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From the whispered rumblings I can hear seeping through, it does not look good, true. The lack of presence at Twitter seemed a little reassuring, but I’m not convinced that one is over yet .
I just know that if this were any other protest movement, I’d be on their side. I’m not on their side, but they MUST be allowed to actually use their freedom of speech and to gather. But that’s it. Not allowed free access, or to March, or to ignore DC’s gun laws. If they can’t, we’re going to be next. It was already bad enough. Broken and corrupt systems , while made through politics and usually racism, are just machines doing what they were told to do. Really hard to ever reprogram. We can reverse policy, but not blood loss.
IMO, they need the sound cannons and maybe even tranquilizer gas or something similar ready to go. Maybe a weed bomb, lol. The old drop magnum condoms labeled as small sized on them?
And in any other case I’d say let’s just be there, let’s be the ones who can fight fire with fire, but they’re insane zealots and I want to avoid bloodshed. I want to avoid a civil war all in the name of one fk scumbag rapist who can’t handle accountability, not make sure it happens.
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The funny thing, Trump always wanted a big Russia/N. Korea military style parade, I know this isn't the same but, still kinda funny
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Trump tried to overthrow the government by force once, he's not going to get a second chance.
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All it takes is one crazy zealot with a plan. I'm worried about that one.
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So does that mean Biden will have at least 10,000 guaranteed attendees at his inauguration?
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First I thought it was 6,200. 10,000? ummm, I was NOT expecting that.
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After all of this, watch very few Trump supporters show up like at the twitter HQ.
They’re the smart ones. The know there are consequences to actions.
After listening to some of the interviews the day of the riot, they really thought there wouldn't be any consequences. I think they learned quickly that wasn't true and all but the most extreme will probably sit this one out.
Just listening to some of the wackadoo speeches some of those idiots were giving in the capitol building, they really thought they were the new Sons of Liberty and that if some died then that'd be their Boston Massacre and it'd start a new revolution. Completely detached from reality, but hey I guess when all the news you watch, and the President, calls you a patriot it can go to your uneducated brain.
Wtf did they think would happen?!
Show up, stop the certification, force them to name trump President again, go home???
Pretty much, yeah.
They'd really just walk up to anyone with a cellphone and give name, home state, and what kind of work they did.
Then either confess to crimes they just committed, talk about what crimes they're planning to do, or both.
Until they are charged with treason they have pretty much gotten away with no consequences. What they did was way beyond what they have been charged with.
Juat listened to the FBI briefing and they mentioned their first priority was getting riots arrested the fastest way possible. That meant arresting them with misdemeanors. From there they will expand into bigger crimes that can carry over 20 years in prison.
It turns out that the number of them willing to commit armed insurrection is exceedingly small.
Any real threat to these people and they'll go running. The MAGA crowd are very weak individuals
That would be great. Bunch of scared little babies
No... they see this as the time they have waited for. They are going to show up in huge numbers, and there’s going to be a lot of death.