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Yes, and I addressed it in my comment below. D.C. Itself has a small Contingency of Guard personnel. The majority of troops in D.C. were augmented from nearby s

Yes, and I addressed it in my comment below. D.C. Itself has a small Contingency of Guard personnel. The majority of troops in D.C. were augmented from nearby states like VA, MD, etc. all of which required additional authorizations from their states to mobilize. I also assume it's understood that active duty and reserves could not be mobilized, there for the complete nature of it relied on support from state Guard Units.

dragontamer 6y ago
Hogan mobilized the Maryland National Guard very early, and awaited authorization from DC National Guard. https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2021/01/08/maryland-governor-describes-delayed-permission-to-send-national-guard/ https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2021/01/08/... > The District of Columbia submitted a direct request for help, Hogan said, and he immediately mobilized state police and the National Guard. However, Hogan said the state was repeatedly denied approval. > Hogan said he was in the middle of a videoconference with the Japanese ambassador to the United States when his chief of staff came in to tell him that “the U.S. Capitol was under attack.” Hogan said he immediately excused himself from the videoconference and convened an emergency meeting to mobilize state troopers and the National Guard. --------------- > “He was yelling across the room to Schumer who, and they were back and forth saying, ‘We do have the authorization,’ and I’m saying: ‘I’m telling you, we do not have the authorization.’” ------------ Said approval would not come until 5pm, when the Secretary of Defense Miller finally authorized the DC National Guard (which then proceeded to authorized Maryland National Guard).
- ganoushoreilly 6y ago
  Right and The Trump White house was specifically told by the Mayor that they did not want their help. They stood by awaiting the Mayors request, the Sergeant at arms request. The hold ups were in the hands of Democrats the whole time, who had an agenda to push. You don't think that it crossed anyones mind that more controversy would bolster the narrative? You haven't once in any of your threads acknowledge the failures of others, all you want to do is push it on Trump. You aren't here for discussions and debate you're here for bashing and that's counter productive to the discussion.
tw04 6y ago
You just said the President doesn't have the authority to mobilize the national guard. He is quite literally the only person who has the authority to mobilize the national guard. he is also the only person who has the authority to authorize deployment of troops into DC from other states. You can keep contorting yourself to place the blame on others, but it lies squarely on the shoulders of the Trump. He had unilateral power to deploy troops when the capital was stormed whether the Mayor was on board or not. He chose not to, the end result was his fault. And no, op isn't editing their post, you are. You started out claiming the president doesn't have the power to deploy the national guard in DC, and when you were called out you edited your post to claim you were talking about the surrounding states.
- ganoushoreilly 6y ago
  He can mobilize but he cannot deploy without the Governors Explicit permission. THE PRESIDENT COULD NOT DEPLOY THE NATIONAL GUARD. HE OFFERED AND WAS TOLD NO. If Trump forced them on D.C. It would have been yelled that it was a coup. And I haven't once changed my point. You're just an agenda pushing Troll like the rest. I literally said there were failures in management. You however won't acknowledge that anyone but Trump played a part in the failure. I'll get up in arms and blame Trump for the whole thing when you blame BLM for all the damage caused by riots.

dragontamer 6y ago

Hogan mobilized the Maryland National Guard very early, and awaited authorization from DC National Guard. https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2021/01/08/maryland-governor-describes-delayed-permission-to-send-national-guard/ https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2021/01/08/... > The District of Columbia submitted a direct request for help, Hogan said, and he immediately mobilized state police and the National Guard. However, Hogan said the state was repeatedly denied approval. > Hogan said he was in the middle of a videoconference with the Japanese ambassador to the United States when his chief of staff came in to tell him that “the U.S. Capitol was under attack.” Hogan said he immediately excused himself from the videoconference and convened an emergency meeting to mobilize state troopers and the National Guard. --------------- > “He was yelling across the room to Schumer who, and they were back and forth saying, ‘We do have the authorization,’ and I’m saying: ‘I’m telling you, we do not have the authorization.’” ------------ Said approval would not come until 5pm, when the Secretary of Defense Miller finally authorized the DC National Guard (which then proceeded to authorized Maryland National Guard).

ganoushoreilly 6y ago
Right and The Trump White house was specifically told by the Mayor that they did not want their help. They stood by awaiting the Mayors request, the Sergeant at arms request. The hold ups were in the hands of Democrats the whole time, who had an agenda to push. You don't think that it crossed anyones mind that more controversy would bolster the narrative? You haven't once in any of your threads acknowledge the failures of others, all you want to do is push it on Trump. You aren't here for discussions and debate you're here for bashing and that's counter productive to the discussion.

tw04 6y ago

You just said the President doesn't have the authority to mobilize the national guard. He is quite literally the only person who has the authority to mobilize the national guard. he is also the only person who has the authority to authorize deployment of troops into DC from other states. You can keep contorting yourself to place the blame on others, but it lies squarely on the shoulders of the Trump. He had unilateral power to deploy troops when the capital was stormed whether the Mayor was on board or not. He chose not to, the end result was his fault. And no, op isn't editing their post, you are. You started out claiming the president doesn't have the power to deploy the national guard in DC, and when you were called out you edited your post to claim you were talking about the surrounding states.

ganoushoreilly 6y ago
He can mobilize but he cannot deploy without the Governors Explicit permission. THE PRESIDENT COULD NOT DEPLOY THE NATIONAL GUARD. HE OFFERED AND WAS TOLD NO. If Trump forced them on D.C. It would have been yelled that it was a coup. And I haven't once changed my point. You're just an agenda pushing Troll like the rest. I literally said there were failures in management. You however won't acknowledge that anyone but Trump played a part in the failure. I'll get up in arms and blame Trump for the whole thing when you blame BLM for all the damage caused by riots.