Re: Los Angeles Has Surrendered

On Jun 11, 2025 at 9:38:54 PM PDT, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
 

How weird is it that one of the main Dem criticisms of Trump on Jan6 is that
he refused to call in the national guard to put down the insurrection and how
that makes him culpable for what the rioters did. But now that he *has*
called
in the national guard to put down an insurrection, those same Dems say it's
needlessly provocative and only makes the situation worse.

 

Which is it? Is calling the national guard appropriate to stop a riot or
inappropriate? Pick a lane, lefties.

 
Washington D.C. is a federal enclave. The mayor is not the equivalent of
a governor and does not have command of a National Guard unit. Whenever
they need the Guard, they make the request to the president.
 
That's not the case in California.

Regardless, the Dem position was that the riot at the Capitol was serious
enough to warrant deploying the guard. If *that* riot was serious enough, then
this one certainly is, so calling in the guard would be appropriate and if the
governor and mayor won't, then it's falls to the president to do so.

But that's only true if Dems are logically consistent and not huge hypocrites,
something they struggle mightily with, I'll grant you.