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Botany

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5. When I first saw the reports of the attack on the Capitol I kept waiting for the billy clubs,
Sat Feb 13, 2021, 08:53 AM
Feb 2021

tear gas, water cannons, and rubber bullets, followed by mass arrests. i guarantee you
that a good % of those idiots had warrants and or something on them that would have
allowed the police to hold 'em.

But

Two days before the Pro Trump riot/coup Trump's acting Defense Sec. gave a stand down
order to the D.C. National Guard. Trump installed a new acting head of the DoD right after he lost
the election. It was all premeditated.


This memorandum responds directly to your January 4, 2021 memorandum regarding the District of Columbia request for District of Columbia National Guard (DCNG) support in response to planned demonstrations from January 5-6, 2021. You are authorized to approve the requested support, subject to my guidance below and subject to consultation with the Attorney General, as required by Executive Order 11485.

Without my subsequent, personal authorization, the DCNG is not authorized the following:

* To be issued weapons, ammunition, bayonets, batons, riot control agents or ballistic protection equipment such as helmets and body armor.

* To interact physically with protesters, except when necessary in self-defense or defense of others.

* Prohibited from sharing “equipment with law enforcement agencies” or seeking support from any non-DC National Guard units.

* Forbidden from conducting “searches, seizures, arrests, or other similar direct law enforcement activity.”

* Forbidden from using “Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance assets” or to conduct “Incident, Awareness and Assessment activities.”

* No helicopters or “any other air assets.”

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Not only that C_U_L8R Feb 2021 #1
When I first saw the reports of the attack on the Capitol I kept waiting for the billy clubs, Botany Feb 2021 #5
Exactly, i kept expecting the usual BLM RECEPTION PirateRo Feb 2021 #9
I kept waiting for a rapid response team using the methods you describe. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #12
He absolutely wanted Mike Pence dead ouija Feb 2021 #29
I think Flynn's Brother was in on it also JI7 Feb 2021 #2
Flynn's brother was working inside the Pentagon trying to stop any national guard ... Botany Feb 2021 #6
Michael Flynn knew ewagner Feb 2021 #11
And don't forget that our "old friends" the Mercers helped pay for "it" too. Botany Feb 2021 #13
YES VA_Jill Feb 2021 #27
Please note: Ginni Thomas did NOT pay for any transportation for the protestors. scarletwoman Feb 2021 #30
Thank you. Always very important to separate fact from rumor. n/t Mister Ed Feb 2021 #37
Thank you for the correction. ewagner Feb 2021 #38
i think the goal was chaos, disrupting the count, maybe declare martial law, gain an advantage. bullimiami Feb 2021 #3
He's always boasted that he thrives in chaos. Oldem Feb 2021 #41
when your losing, overturn the board. he knows this trick. bullimiami Feb 2021 #43
I agree, gab13by13 Feb 2021 #4
Shithole enjoyed watching the attempted coup on tv . . . Iliyah Feb 2021 #7
Don't we know when he knew simply by the newscasts of him, his cabal members and family KPN Feb 2021 #17
Please don't spread disinformation. scarletwoman Feb 2021 #26
Thank you again. Very important. Mister Ed Feb 2021 #39
Thanks for the correction. I did not know that. I saw that video scene once or twice while KPN Feb 2021 #45
Hi, KPN! Thank you for being so gracious. scarletwoman Feb 2021 #47
Same to you scarletwoman! KPN Feb 2021 #48
I think he wanted a literal bloody coup gollygee Feb 2021 #8
I agree with you. The end game was not broken glass and photo ops for the seditionists. Chainfire Feb 2021 #16
Well said! pandr32 Feb 2021 #34
No question North Shore Chicago Feb 2021 #10
+1 pandr32 Feb 2021 #36
Yes...he wanted deaths to high ranking officials and then declare Martial Law... ashredux Feb 2021 #14
Sadly, I have PatSeg Feb 2021 #15
I think he wanted them all killed... Jon King Feb 2021 #18
new elections? RicROC Feb 2021 #22
He would probably promise elections 'in two weeks' Bongo Prophet Feb 2021 #25
Of course, and their Cowardice and weakness will be known worldwide. Jay25 Feb 2021 #19
That was the plan. Trigger a mob, police react with gun fire. Chaos, martial law. grantcart Feb 2021 #20
I hadn't thought of the martial law aspect of this. JohnnyRingo Feb 2021 #21
You are not wrong. 2Gingersnaps Feb 2021 #23
He wanted bloodshed to declare martial law. He wanted Mike Pence to be his "Horst Wesel" ... marble falls Feb 2021 #24
There's never been more recorded evidence of a coup. Recorded on video, Jetheels Feb 2021 #28
Yup! "There's never been more recorded evidence of a coup." Botany Feb 2021 #32
If they are in safe seats, why should they care about our concerns? CTyankee Feb 2021 #33
2 days in infamy. AllaN01Bear Feb 2021 #42
Now that I've had time to consider it VA_Jill Feb 2021 #31
Your conclusion is probable, but tenuous bucolic_frolic Feb 2021 #35
I know right! Jetheels Feb 2021 #46
good thing that mob was distracted , had they not been, we would have now been hearing AllaN01Bear Feb 2021 #40
Well, given all that, they have no other possible course of action. BobTheSubgenius Feb 2021 #44
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