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Approximately 1,600 active duty U.S. Army troops waited Wednesday just outside Washington, D.C., for a possible deployment into the streets of the nations capital as the Trump administration continued to weigh whether to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807, the Wall Street Journal reports.
The troops, from Fort Bragg, N.C., and Fort Drum, N.Y., arrived Monday as Pentagon officials prepared to implement a possible deployment order by President Trump. A decision to send the federal troops onto streets in Washington, and potentially in other cities, would represent the first domestic deployment of active-duty personnel in nearly 30 years.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said earlier that he doesnt support the invocation of the act.
https://politicalwire.com/2020/06/03/troops-await-orders-just-outside-washington-d-c/
questionseverything
(9,631 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,097 posts)Putin has told him if he escalates and starts killing he can cancel elections, etc, or make them impossible to vote in.
He is gonna do it...I said that 4 yrs ago.
MineralMan
(146,192 posts)I won't go there.
Never mind:
https://www.stripes.com/news/us/at-trump-s-command-pentagon-rushes-active-duty-troops-to-dc-but-prefers-not-to-use-them-1.632173
The other mentions of 1500 troops refer to National Guard troops, not active-duty military.
I think your original source got it wrong, which is not surprising, since it's just a one-person clickbait site.
stillcool
(32,626 posts)of (days)? ago. Trying to pump up the volume.
bdamomma
(63,657 posts)Putin giving him the order. tRump will be over then and there will be blood in the streets.
This must stop now.