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>Why didn't Trump offer military support at 2:30pm, when the Capitol was breached? As others said because he doesn't have the authority to? Why did Nancy Pelo

by EricE 6y ago

>Why didn't Trump offer military support at 2:30pm, when the Capitol was breached? As others said because he doesn't have the authority to? Why did Nancy Pelosi deny requests for the national guard ahead of time? Funny how those questions are never asked. And to be clear I have no love lost for either party. They are for themselves and all left/right/liberal/conservative does for them is keep us arguing amongst ourselves and not paying attention to the way both establishment oligarchies line their pockets at our expense. If you think either political party sincerely has your best interest at heart you are a damn fool. Ignorance truly is bliss.

dragontamer 6y ago
https://code.dccouncil.us/dc/council/code/sections/49-409.html https://code.dccouncil.us/dc/council/code/sections/49-409.ht... Read the law. Now that we have the law here, I ask you who the commander and chief of the DC National Guard is.
dragonwriter 6y ago
> > >Why didn't Trump offer military support at 2:30pm, when the Capitol was breached? > As others said because he doesn't have the authority to? This is false. Not only does he have the authority to offer such support to local authority anywhere in the US in response to an insurgency against local authority (10 USC § 251), but he’s also, because D.C. is a federal district that lacks command of its own national guard, the applicable local authority with regard to D.C. (D.C. Code § 49-409), and, on top of that, even if D.C. were a state he would still have paramount authority to decide on military intervention independent of any local decision because he has unilateral authority and duty to determine the need to use military force anywhere in the US in response to an insurrection, and to act unilaterally on such determination, under the Insurrection Act (see 10 USC §§ 253, 254.) > Why did Nancy Pelosi deny requests for the national guard ahead of time? Nancy Pelosi has no operational authority over any portion of the military, including the D.C. or any other National Guard.

by EricE 6y ago

dragontamer 6y ago

https://code.dccouncil.us/dc/council/code/sections/49-409.html https://code.dccouncil.us/dc/council/code/sections/49-409.ht... Read the law. Now that we have the law here, I ask you who the commander and chief of the DC National Guard is.

dragonwriter 6y ago

> > >Why didn't Trump offer military support at 2:30pm, when the Capitol was breached? > As others said because he doesn't have the authority to? This is false. Not only does he have the authority to offer such support to local authority anywhere in the US in response to an insurgency against local authority (10 USC § 251), but he’s also, because D.C. is a federal district that lacks command of its own national guard, the applicable local authority with regard to D.C. (D.C. Code § 49-409), and, on top of that, even if D.C. were a state he would still have paramount authority to decide on military intervention independent of any local decision because he has unilateral authority and duty to determine the need to use military force anywhere in the US in response to an insurrection, and to act unilaterally on such determination, under the Insurrection Act (see 10 USC §§ 253, 254.) > Why did Nancy Pelosi deny requests for the national guard ahead of time? Nancy Pelosi has no operational authority over any portion of the military, including the D.C. or any other National Guard.