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RandySF

(58,884 posts)
Wed Jun 3, 2020, 02:18 PM Jun 2020

DeSantis Sending 500 National Guard Troops to D.C.

In his first public appearance since a wave of protests across Florida and the nation, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Wednesday condemned people who have caused “rioting, looting or violence,” the Miami Herald reports.

DeSantis said he was sending 500 members of the Florida National Guard to Washington, D.C., in response to a request from the federal government.



https://politicalwire.com/2020/06/03/desantis-sending-500-national-guard-troops-to-d-c/

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DeSantis Sending 500 National Guard Troops to D.C. (Original Post) RandySF Jun 2020 OP
but the others are going HOME! elleng Jun 2020 #1
And DeSantis just won the "Who Gets the Convention" game. NT SideStep Jun 2020 #2
+100 chia Jun 2020 #5
DC residents and workers already very offended at Hortensis Jun 2020 #3
"At the request of the federal government." SergeStorms Jun 2020 #4
And America will send 5,000 Constitutional Guard Protesters in response. KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2020 #6
Lapdog DeSatanist geomon666 Jun 2020 #7
Why? gademocrat7 Jun 2020 #8

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
3. DC residents and workers already very offended at
Wed Jun 3, 2020, 02:23 PM
Jun 2020

militant cops and soldiers all over their streets.

I don't think this is going to come across as quite the kind of "strong," reassuring visual these fascistic idiots imagine. Americans have a very different idea of what our nation's supposed to be, and what their own role in it is.

SergeStorms

(19,201 posts)
4. "At the request of the federal government."
Wed Jun 3, 2020, 02:24 PM
Jun 2020
At the request of Little Donnie, maybe, and I even doubt that. Just DeSantis grandstanding again.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,492 posts)
6. And America will send 5,000 Constitutional Guard Protesters in response.
Wed Jun 3, 2020, 02:29 PM
Jun 2020

He had best be hoping for a mild hurricane season this year. Might need those guys rather quickly.


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