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Okay, putting the ideals of the two events aside, the fact is the police (and national guard) presence was great enough during the BLM protest to make breaching
by Qub3d 6y ago
Okay, putting the ideals of the two events aside, the fact is the police (and national guard) presence was great enough during the BLM protest to make breaching the perimeter essentially impossible, as opposed to the much lighter presence on the 6th.
- zaroth 6y agoAnd Trump got absolutely pilloried for having that troop presence at the time.
- birdyrooster 6y agoBecause it was a photo op, not a constitutional duty of Congress.
- zaroth 6y agoI’m not talking about the photo op, I’m talking about the police presence trying to contain the violent mob earlier in the day.
- diryawish 6y agoExactly and it’s unacceptable that it wasn’t. Who is to blame?