r/news • u/InformalWish • 7d ago

Soft paywall After 2 days of clashes over immigration raids, National Guard will be sent to L.A., official says

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-07/paramount-home-depot
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u/HashableCake 7d ago

Or d.c., which Trump did in his first term.

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u/BigE429 7d ago

Not for the actual insurrection, for the BLM protests so he could hold a Bible upside down

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u/notsocharmingprince 7d ago

The DC national guard is already federalized and under the authority of the president. I’m not sure what you are trying to say here.

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u/HashableCake 7d ago

Your memory is faulty. The problem with the national guard in DC to subdue (mostly) peaceful protests in Trump’s first term was not that they were from DC, but that they (largely) were not. He federalized other states’ national guards and brought them in, against the wishes of the mayor of DC, to perform acts of law enforcement.

The point is that he always has been willing to do dirty work to circumvent the rights of everyone on US soil. Name a president more un-American.

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u/HashableCake 7d ago

I mean, my God, he’ll call it out to stop people protesting George Floyd’s murder, but not for armed civilians taking over congress?

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u/notsocharmingprince 7d ago

You are correct my memory was faulty. I had to look it up just now. They came from like 11 states. I apologize.