Protestors Storm Capital

[Rev. Rye]

Is there anyone - anyone at all - who can still believe that the insurrectionists at the Capitol riot were not aided and abetted by insurrectionists holding positions of authority in your government?

National Guard Disarmed Before Attack On Capitol

On that same day, former acting Defense Secretary Christopher Millerto the secretary of the Army placing some extremely unusual limits on National Guard forces for that event...A list that says guard forces can't arrest any of the pro-Trump protesters, or search them, or even touch them. And that's just for starters.

The full memo shows that the D.C. Guard did receive a request from D.C. government for guard presence during the Jan. 6 event. Miller responds promptly to go ahead, so long as the soldiers are given no weapons, no body armor, and no helmets. They can bring agents like pepper spray or flashbangs. They can't share any gear with Capitol Police or Metro D.C. Police. They can't … really do much of anything.

Boru

And to think that if DC actually became its own state, the DC National Guard wouldn’t need to be at the mercy of someone who might have a vested interest in allowing a coup to succeed.