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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by willy_k on Monday February 03, 2025 @08:00PM (#42925920)
He wanted the national guard there. What you’re saying isn’t any better than someone parroting some Newsmax theory about depopulation. There’s no real substance behind your claim, just mischaracterizations and innuendo repeated ad nauseam so people view it as fact.
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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by ethbr1 on Monday February 03, 2025 @09:21PM (#42926821)
He did. But I think Republicans in general (and Trump in particular) are being incredibly disingenuous about the National Guard thing and trying to blame {not even calling it a riot anymore} Jan 6 on Pelosi.

Why wouldn't Pelosi want the National Guard there?

Kent State. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings

Putting a bunch of moderately trained military in a chaotic situation with angry civilians is a recipe for disaster.

And if they'd opened fire on the crowd? Do you really think Trump and the Republicans would have backed that use for force?

After how they treated the United States Capitol Police officer who shot Ashli Babbitt for climbing through a broken window into the Speaker's lobby, after ignoring multiple orders to stop?

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