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Esper sending troops home today: (Original Post)
Kingofalldems
Jun 2020
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FirstLight
(13,360 posts)1. Don't count on it... I think he'll change his mind before the day is over...
Trump LIKES this militarized optic.
chia
(2,244 posts)2. For real this time?
Kingofalldems
(38,458 posts)3. We'll have to see.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)4. He should make them walk backwards
Just in case he needs to reverse
Kingofalldems
(38,458 posts)5. Update: No weapons for NGs:
spanone
(135,844 posts)6. Tennessee just sent 1000 national guard troops to DC
WTF???
Tennessee National Guard troops leave for Washington, DC
SMYRNA, TN (WSMV) - Around 1,000 Tennessee National Guard service members will be on their way to Washington, DC, on Thursday to help with the protests that have occurred all week in the nations capital.
Around 200 service members have already left from the National Guard Volunteer Training site and 1,000 total will leave by the end of the day.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee was at the center Thursday morning addressing the guardsmen and women as they prepared to leave.
Lee repeated how proud he was of the service members, especially as they have helped with the tornado, pandemic and now the protests.
Around 200 service members have already left from the National Guard Volunteer Training site and 1,000 total will leave by the end of the day.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee was at the center Thursday morning addressing the guardsmen and women as they prepared to leave.
Lee repeated how proud he was of the service members, especially as they have helped with the tornado, pandemic and now the protests.
https://www.wsmv.com/news/tennessee/tennessee-national-guard-troops-leave-for-washington-dc/article_758597c6-a687-11ea-92fa-1f0940c50e95.html
msongs
(67,413 posts)7. not needed now that the unidentified LEO union members are on the scene nt