Virginia governor REFUSED Trump's request to send NG to D.C. to help

[rayg]

The liberal daily mail version.

Virginia governor REFUSED Trump's request to send NG to D.C. to help restore order after request from the White House - which also mulled taking over city's police force
The governor of Virginia refused to send his National Guard troops across the Potomac River into Washington D.C.
Governor Ralph Northam, a Democrat, turned down White House request
'I am not going to send our men and women in uniform of a very proud National Guard to Washington for a photo-op,' Northam said

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ngton-D-C.html

[lyman]

Lord Northam is too busy dictating mask usage (and not following his own policy) and taking weekends off in OBX to send troops anywhere

[Vern Humphrey]

Trump can order them -- he's the Commander in Chief, and has the power to federalize the National Guard.

[togor]

But it was a photo op, and clearly the NG wasn't needed.

[lyman]

But it was a photo op, and clearly the NG wasn't needed.

you may find this a surprise, but those folks you lovingly refer to as protesters also vandalized some national monuments,

first 2 hits from googly

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/national-mall-monuments-defaced-during-dc-protests/65-0885b771-e261-455f-bbf6-8a48120f5931

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news...d-vandals-rio/

[togor]

you may find this a surprise, but those folks you lovingly refer to as protesters also vandalized some national monuments,

first 2 hits from googly

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/national-mall-monuments-defaced-during-dc-protests/65-0885b771-e261-455f-bbf6-8a48120f5931

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news...d-vandals-rio/

Well then what's the justification for dispatching a high concentration of scarce resources to guard the POTUS's street stroll and photo op?

It's kind of Trump begging for $500 to get to next payday only to discover that he uses the money for scratch-offs.

People asking other people for stuff ought to have their own house in order first. That's as conservative a principle as you will ever meet.

[rayg]

Togor, you're fast losing credibility because of some of your dumb posts ..Sorry..Lol

[Vern Humphrey]

He cannot lose what he never had.

[m1ashooter]

Not sure why you have to ask the Va National Guard to go to DC when you have the Maryland NG close at hand or since it's DC and not a state why not just ask the 2nd Marine Division to come and help out.

[togor]

Togor, you're fast losing credibility because of some of your dumb posts ..Sorry..Lol

Settle down Ray. If you want to refute a post then refute it. Calling it "dumb" is just making schoolyard noise.

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Not sure why you have to ask the Va National Guard to go to DC when you have the Maryland NG close at hand or since it's DC and not a state why not just ask the 2nd Marine Division to come and help out.

One of things I have learned in office politics (where the stakes are lower and hence the fights more bitter) is that getting someone to say "no" is actually the short-term goal sometimes, something to be flung back in their face at a later date.

[Roadkingtrax]

Not the first time Virginia disagreed with the POTUS.

Trump's move.

[rayg]

Not the first time Virginia disagreed with the POTUS.

Trump's move.

Doesn't make it right...

[rayg]

[QUOTE=togor;584701]
Well then what's the justification for dispatching a high concentration of scarce resources to guard the POTUS's street stroll and photo op?


Ray's reply....Okay, Well if you can't figure it out yourself..let me explain it to you. As he is the president of the United States he's entitled to tight security and as there was a large number of the protesters there that would not leave..His security was important.

[Roadkingtrax]

Doesn't make it right...

It doesn't.

[togor]

Ray's reply....Okay, Well if you can't figure it out yourself..let me explain it to you. As he is the president of the United States he's entitled to tight security and as there was a large number of the protesters there that would not leave..His security was important.

So he's entitled to his photo ops. Well he gets the blowback too then that comes with selfish actions. Of course he's had practice dealing with those his whole life. You just can't admit it was a bad call.