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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBowser on injured National Guard members: "These young people should be at home in West Virginia with their families"
But instead---Trump orders Another 250 nat Guard folks into DC
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com
Bowser on injured National Guard members: "These young people should be at home in West Virginia with their families"
Bowser on injured National Guard members: "These young people should be at home in West Virginia with their families"
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-11-27T14:43:20.719Z
RockRaven
(18,503 posts)to gratify his ego and make himself feel like a strong man, which is weak as shit.
Skittles
(168,787 posts)it is fucking disgusting beyond belief
John1956PA
(4,640 posts)Deploying the military on a detail wherein they are walking the streets while citizens are strolling about is ludicrous. It is impossible to formulate specific rules of engagement in this situation. Technically, what is happening is that the military has been deployed as an occupying force, which means that any stranger approaching within twenty feet of a guardsman is presumed to be the enemy and should be immediately shot. Trump does not understand the layers of concern involved in this military action. By his nonsensical deployment of the military in D.C., he has cause a tragedy, the specifics of which have not occurred since the Civil War.
Irish_Dem
(78,297 posts)The US military works for the American people.
And defends the American people, not fights them.
Trump is staging a politcal stunt, a reality TV show which just killed a young woman needlessly.