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Re:FBI warns of plans for nationwide armed protests next week by dragontamer on Monday January 11, 2021 @05:24PM (#25738376)
> Now, lots of people feel they have taxation without representation.

That's the phrase used by DC Residents. Which has just been demonstrated:

1. The DC Mayor was powerless to stop the riot. The DC National Guard report to the President (EDIT: and the President took 3-hours 10 minutes before the DC National Guard responded to the break-in. From 2:30 to 5:40, the DC National Guard waited. So needless to say, DC Residents aren't exactly feeling safe about the President's ability to protect them)

2. The DC Residents, where the riot took place, have no Representative nor a Senator to represent them.

3. DC Residents pay taxes, just like everyone else in this country. But without a substantial Representative nor a Senator to carry their voice (on such important issues like: maybe the Mayor should have been in charge of the police forces on 1/6th, instead of Trump).

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I presume that those who lost the election still have a Representative, a Governor who controls their own military (a local National Guard and/or militia of some kind), two Senators and more.

DC Residents on the other hand: show the true "taxation without representation". What it actually feels like to not have power over your own city.

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Re:FBI warns of plans for nationwide armed protests next week by starik36 on Monday January 11, 2021 @05:33PM (#25738536)
> The DC Mayor was powerless to stop the riot.

My understanding is that the Mayor specifically asked other law enforcement agencies to stay away. Draw your own conspiracies from this.

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-01-07/dc-riots-c...

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Re:FBI warns of plans for nationwide armed protests next week by dragontamer on Monday January 11, 2021 @05:34PM (#25738557)
The DC Mayor does NOT control the Capitol Police.

I know its a confusing situation. But your story has nothing to do with the DC Mayor.

EDIT: For yall who are downvoting me. The Mayor controls the DC Metropolitan Police Department. A COMPLETELY different set of officers than the Capitol Police. Furthermore, the DC Mayor has no access to a National Guard militia for backup, and relies upon the President for that. That's just the facts in this matter.

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Re:FBI warns of plans for nationwide armed protests next week by starik36 on Monday January 11, 2021 @05:58PM (#25739043)
There is literally a letter in which she states:

"To be clear, the District of Columbia is not requesting other federal law enforcement personnel and discourages any additional deployment without immediate notification to, and consultation with, MPD if such plans are underway."

From her twitter: https://twitter.com/MayorBowser/status/1346530358674792466?r...

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Re:FBI warns of plans for nationwide armed protests next week by dragontamer on Monday January 11, 2021 @06:06PM (#25739207)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-capitol-riot-communications-...

Bowser was part of the group calling for reinforcements at 1:30pm.

As we all know, National Guard (under orders from Pence) didn't arrive until 5:40pm. The National Guard's superiors are the DoD and the President, not the Mayor.

Approval of DC National Guard reinforcements was ultimately a job that was squarely in the Trump Administration's responsibility.

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It is clear that everyone underestimated the scope of the threat on 1/5th. But virtually everyone who was "near" the Capitol was going full-on panic mode by 2:30 (when the building was fully breached).

Well, everyone except the DoD / DC National Guard for some reason. Hopefully that issue gets further investigated and we figure out what the hell happened there.

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