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17. He does have the authority ...

Fri Jan 8, 2021, 01:33 AM

Jan 2021

... to withhold Federal approval of the deployment of Guard units from neighboring states. The Governor of Maryland was trying for 1.5 hours to reach the Secretary of Defense to get that authorization, but his calls were not answered.

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Wow General Honore was just on MSNBC he thinks the Whitehouse was complicit in [View all] doc03 Jan 2021 OP

the same people who think a mask mandate is TYRANNY Skittles Jan 2021 #1

Watching - Makes sense lisa58 Jan 2021 #2

If anybody would know it would be General Honore or Malcolm Nance nt doc03 Jan 2021 #6

Some good investigators will sort it out. C_U_L8R Jan 2021 #3

Sure they were careful Generic Brad Jan 2021 #18

lol.. & now trump is indefinitely Cha Jan 2021 #29

Hurray! ShazzieB Jan 2021 #32

I noticed a lot more masks than in the typical MAGAt swarms. Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2021 #36

Honore' rolling the dice oswaldactedalone Jan 2021 #4

Isn't that mainly for people still in service? csziggy Jan 2021 #13

I don't know all the rules oswaldactedalone Jan 2021 #14

Retirees qazplm135 Jan 2021 #20

OK, Thanks! nt csziggy Jan 2021 #34

Flag officers are still subject to UCMJ iinm, but he's right and proper to call it out since Red Don uponit7771 Jan 2021 #38

And that is what it is malaise Jan 2021 #42

Don't doubt NG. But trump, at least on paper, has no authority over Capital Police. Hoyt Jan 2021 #5

He does have the authority ... Straw Man Jan 2021 #17

Apparently, offers were made to provide NG, etc., and they didn't take it. Hoyt Jan 2021 #49

I read somewhere DENVERPOPS Jan 2021 #23

Nope. You can read it here -- Hoyt Jan 2021 #51

The Capitol police prevented the slaughter and or kidnapping of members of Congress malaise Jan 2021 #43

I agree the undermanned and prepared Capitol Police did their best. But they weren't prepared. Hoyt Jan 2021 #52

Agree malaise Jan 2021 #54

Yep. There was coordination.... FM123 Jan 2021 #7

Shocking! Blue Owl Jan 2021 #8

It's getting more and more obvious as the Capitol Police have... brush Jan 2021 #9

To get in our county court house they have TSA type security. I had to take a 2" pen knife to doc03 Jan 2021 #11

Happened To Me, Too! ProfessorGAC Jan 2021 #45

Personally, I think Congress should have been more on top of this. Hoyt Jan 2021 #15

Both Pelosi and Maxine Waters warned and advised Cap. Police ahead of time to prepare for the worst wishstar Jan 2021 #37

The MD gov said he was denied the troops while he was on the phone with Hoyer ... uponit7771 Jan 2021 #39

Was that days before or while it was going on? If the latter, a little too late. Hoyt Jan 2021 #55

IINM according to MD Gov presser there were NG troops ready but were not authorized to help by ... uponit7771 Jan 2021 #57

I remember that, but we've known these white wing rubes were going to rally for weeks. Hoyt Jan 2021 #58

The FBI did not do threat assessment before rally, Honore' is mentioning this right now that FBI uponit7771 Jan 2021 #59

Here's the... NON .,,FBI assessment link uponit7771 Jan 2021 #60

Incredibly stupid of FBI. I guess they don't live among these ignorant white wingers. Hoyt Jan 2021 #61

+1, the FBI should be able to lurk and grep white winger sites like this through AI etc. If they're uponit7771 Jan 2021 #63

Leadership maybe. But the boots on the ground saved our elected and VP Pence. Demsrule86 Jan 2021 #44

No question. That video of the guard with a stick or something trying to hold the rubes back was Hoyt Jan 2021 #56

Exactly some one needs to pay for the policeman Demsrule86 Jan 2021 #66

Also heard they are used to tourists treestar Jan 2021 #67

People lips will be unsealed on January 20, 2021 at 12.00 MacKasey Jan 2021 #10

"Complicity". Honore's dead certain that was the case. nt oasis Jan 2021 #12

I'm sure that will be found to be true. Schumer and Pelosi demanded Hortensis Jan 2021 #16

Seeing video of some of the cops being over run, they fought hard, taking their job seriously LizBeth Jan 2021 #19

One officer is dead Deuxcents Jan 2021 #21

There is an officer on life support with a brain injury womanofthehills Jan 2021 #30

Not a stroke. NutmegYankee Jan 2021 #31

Hit with a fire extinguisher, returned to his office and collapsed there, Hortensis Jan 2021 #47

Some of the police were ushering the terrorist into the capital grounds and taking selfies. uponit7771 Jan 2021 #40

Right and the first day it was those I was seeing. Yesterday I watched cops overwhelmed and LizBeth Jan 2021 #65

They have no authority over the DC Chief and didn;t demand he resign obamanut2012 Jan 2021 #35

"I am calling for the resignation of the chief of the Capitol Police, Mr. Sund,..." Hortensis Jan 2021 #48

Did you see the clip of Larry Hogan's presser? DeminPennswoods Jan 2021 #22

Yep. So do I. Its plain as day. judesedit Jan 2021 #24

That's what I've thought all along. Kablooie Jan 2021 #25

That's what I've been hearing ailsagirl Jan 2021 #26

Yep. So do I. Its plain as day. judesedit Jan 2021 #27

YEs! Welcome Aboard Our Cha Jan 2021 #28

as was the Defense Secretary who was AWOL when the Governor of Maryland.... AntiFascist Jan 2021 #33

+1 uponit7771 Jan 2021 #41

Well this appears to explain all.... OnDoutside Jan 2021 #46

yup the lackeys the Con put into the pentagon positions he vacated need to be investigated & charged onetexan Jan 2021 #50

It was complicit in this coup attempt. apnu Jan 2021 #53

Of course! What more does anyone need to see? Just like with the ecstatic Jan 2021 #62

We just need to get some of the cops to admit that Trump intervened fescuerescue Jan 2021 #64