Former Defense Secretary: Trump Wanted National Guard to Protect the Rioters

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On Wednesday, former Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller spoke to lawmakers. And while it was known that Trump’s actions on January 6th were completely un-presidential, Miller painted a picture of just how bad it really was.

As the insurrection was happening multiple calls went out to Trump to deploy the National Guard. It took hours for the former president to make the call. According to Miller, though, Trump didn’t want the guardsmen protecting lawmakers and the Capitol police, he wanted them protecting the insurrectionists.

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https://www.politicususa.com/2021/05/12/former-defense-secretary-trump-wanted-natl-guard-to-protect-the-rioters.html

[malaise]

1. That's the biggest news out of the hearing

Get the to the greatest page

Lock him up!

[Biophilic]

3. And it should be pretty friggin' BIG news. This should be ringing from every news channel .

and outlet. But it's not, of course. But it should be. How have things become so turned around? Hurts my head some times.

[malaise]

4. Agree - but it's all St Liz of Cheney

Trump wanted his criminal goons protected as they tried to overthrow the newly elected President. He wanted them to be able to attack the effin' Congress of the United States.

Let that sink in.
Lock him up!

[Biophilic]

9. God I wish we could lock him up. I look forward to it every day. He has done soooo much

damage to this country and the world. Amazing that someone this incompetent could do this much damage in 4 short years. I'm still not sure how Jan 6th actually happened. So much isn't known. Sometimes I want to scream from frustration. Lock him up!

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

2. Trump has always longed to be recognized for being truly great at something...

Well, he's the traitorious, traitor who has ever existed in the history of all traitoritude.

[malaise]

6. And he failed to overthrow the government

Fuck him and lock him uP!

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

8. 👍🏼👍🏼

[jalan48]

10. Why hasn't he been arrested and jailed for treason/sedition?

[brewens]

11. I bet the Flynn brothers had that in mind too. I was wondering if we'd find out some

of Eric Prince's mercenaries or DHS teams may have been ready to jump in to help the insurrectionists. I'd love to find out if that was discussed.

[Brother Buzz]

12. Can we indict the orange turd, already?

[dalton99a]

13. "We Love You. You're Very Special"

[malaise]

15. I'll never forget those words

[malaise]

14. On Chris Hayes right now n/t

[bdamomma]

17. watching

[monkeyman1]

16. well , if this shit don't jog a few brain cell's at the DOJ !!

[bdamomma]

18. Ayanna Pressley

is great, route the white supremacists OUT.

GQP wicked liars, we saw what we saw on Jan 6th.

[malaise]

19. She was excellent

but back to the OP Miller exposed the insurrectionist in chief big time. He cannot have asked Miller to protest t his goons and then claim that they were not his goons.
He should be locked up for this.

[LymphocyteLover]

20. LOCK HIM UP... LOCK TRUMP UP... LOCK THEM ALL THE FUCK UP

[niyad]

21. The only surprise in this to me is that one of the f'n murdering, orange traitor's hand-picked

goons would actually say this at a Congressional hearing. The guy must be more afraid of prison than of the orange traitor.

[Ligyron]

22. Protect them from what exactly?

Makes absolutely no sense as usual. Trump’s brain must look like Swiss cheese.

[keithbvadu2]

23. Their constitutionally protected rights to capture and execute Pelosi and Pence?

Their constitutionally protected rights to capture and execute Pelosi and Pence?

[fwvinson]

24. Trump wanted the National Guard to attack the White House and Hang Mike Pence?

That's what it sounded like to me. Are there no laws concerning this.

[malaise]

25. To attack Congress not the WH

and he should be locked up

[Crunchy Frog]

26. So when does the DOJ step in?

[bdamomma]

27. tRump

the inciter wanted his "goons" to stop the count no matter what, he stirred so much venom to even kill his VP and the Speaker.


They held back sending in the NG to help the Capitol Police. All those who were involved in the insurrection must be held accountable for their deadly attack on our democracy.

[uponit7771]

28. K&R

[Takket]

29. To all the DUers in this thread saying this should be huge front page news

This is how WAPO covered it. Yup. Miller said drumpf said the NG should protect the protestors. And WAPO twisted it into this

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